Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen Vol. 6

Verein fu?r musikalische Privatauffu?hrungen Vol. 6

The five compositions on this CD were composed within a decade, between 1908 and 1918. In 1918 Arnold Schoenberg founded the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) in Vienna. At the age of forty-four, Schoenberg was widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of his time. After his experiences in the ultra-conservative Viennese music life, culminating in the horrors of the infamous Scandal-concert of March 31, 1913, Schoenberg felt that the time had come to introduce a different way of presenting new music to an interested audience.

Henk Guittart conductor
Anna Lucia Richter soprano

Ingrid Geerlings flute/piccolo (Reger, Webern Op.1, Op.13, Zemlinsky)
James Austin Smith oboe (Webern Op.1, Zemlinsky)
Alan R. Kay clarinet
Lluís Casanova Martínez bass clarinet (Webern Op.8, Op.13)
Ron Schaaper horn (Webern Op.1, Op.8, Op.13, Zemlinsky)
Dorian Cooke bassoon (Webern Op.1, Zemlinsky)
Cyrus Allyar trumpet (Webern Op. 8, Op.13)
Arno Schipdam trombone (Webern Op.13)
Katherine Dowling piano/celesta (Webern Op.1, Op.8, Op.13, Zemlinsky)
Elena Nemtsova piano (Reger)
Sofia Raïchenko piano (second player Reger)
Dirk Luijmes harmonium (Reger, Webern Op.1, Zemlinsky)
Rutger de Ronde harmonium (second player Reger)
Judith Soumillion harp (Webern Op.8, Op.13, Zemlinsky)
Xenia Gamaris violin
Anna Yanchishina violin (Reger, Webern Op.1, Zemlinsky)
Ksenia Zhuleva viola
Peter Karetnikov violoncello
Toby Hughes double bass (Webern Op.1, Op.13, Zemlinsky)
Szymon Marciniak double bass (Reger)
Jennifer Heins timpani/cymbal/Glockenspiel (Webern Op.1, Op.13, Zemlinsky)
Jonathan Bonny cymbals/tam tam/triangle/bass drum (Webern)
Axel Dewulf Glockenspiel/triangle (Zemlinsky)
Theatre Choir Opera Zuid (Zemlinsky)

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