WEBERN Symphony, Six Pieces, Concerto for 9 Instruments etc / Robert Craft

Anton WEBERN (1883-1945)

Symphony, Op. 21 (10:03)
1 Ruhig, Schreitend 7:31
2 Variationen 2:32

Five Canons On Latin Texts From The Roman Breviary, Op. 16, For Soprano, Clarinet And Bass Clarinet (3:41)
3 Christus Factus Est 0:36
4 Dormi Jesu 1:04
5 Crux Fidelis 0:53
6 Asperges Me 0:38
7 Crucem Tuam Adoramus 0:29

Drei Volkstexte (Three Traditional Rhymes), Op. 17, For Soprano, Violin, Clarinet And Bass Clarinet (1925) (2:33)
8 Armer Sünder, Du 0:50
9 Heiland, Unsre Missetaten 0:50
10 Liebste Jungfrau, Wir Sind Dein 0:56

Three Songs For Soprano, Piccolo Clarinet And Guitar (1923-1925), Op. 18 (3:59)
11 Schatzerl Klein 1:08
12 Erlösung (Aus “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”) 1:17
13 Ave, Regina Coelorum 1:34

Trio For Violin, Viola And Cello, Op. 20 (9:49)
14 Sehr Langsam 3:55
15 Sehr Getragen Und Ausdrucksvoll 5:55

Quartet, Op. 22 For Tenor Saxophone, Violin, Clarinet And Piano (5:28)
16 Sehr Mäßig 3:02
17 Sehr Schwungvoll 2:26

Variations For Piano, Op. 27 (1936) (6:00)
18 Sehr Mäßig 1:56
19 Sehr Schnell 0:42
20 Ruhig Fließend 3:22

Six Pieces For Large Orchestra, Op. 6 (Revised Version) (13:08)
21 Langsam 1:25
22 Bewegt 1:24
23 Mäßig 1:07
24 Sehr Mäßig 4:43
25 Sehr Langsam 2:46
26 Langsam 1:42

Four Pieces For Violin And Piano, Op. 7 (5:42)
27 Sehr Langsam 1:22
28 Rasch 1:37
29 Sehr Langsam 1:43
30 Bewegt 0:59

Three Pieces For Cello And Piano, Op. 11 (2:27)
31 Mäßige 1:04
32 Sehr Bewegt 0:24
33 Äußerst Ruhig 0:59

Concerto For Nine Instruments, Op. 24 (6:52)
34 Etwas Lebhaft 2:51
35 Sehr Langsam 2:40
36 Sehr Rasch 1:21

Franz Schubert orch. WebernDeutsche Tänze (German Dances) (1824) (9:29)
37 I. 1:06
38 II. 1:31
39 III. 1:31
40 IV. 1:14
41 V. 1:39
42 VI. 2:28

Recorded at Watford Colosseum
Recorded at American Academy Of Arts And Letters

Bass Clarinet Michael Lowenstern (tracks: 3 to 10)
Cello – Fred Sherry (tracks: 14, 15, 31 to 33)
Clarinet – Charles Neidich (tracks: 1 to 10, 34 to 36), Michael Lowenstern (tracks: 1, 2, 16, 17)
Clarinet Piccolo Clarinet – Charles Neidich (tracks: 11 to 13)
Flute – David Fedele (tracks: 34 to 36)
Guitar – Scott Kuney (tracks: 11 to 13)
Horn – William Purvis (tracks: 34 to 36)
Oboe – Stephen Taylor (2) (tracks: 34 to 36)
Piano – Christopher Oldfather (tracks: 16 to 20, 27 to 33), Stephen Gosling (tracks: 34 to 36)
Soprano – Jennifer Welch-Babidge (tracks: 3 to 13)
Tenor Saxophone – Daniel Goble (tracks: 16, 17)
Trombone – James Pugh (tracks: 34 to 36)
Trumpet – Christopher Gekker (tracks: 34 to 36)
Viola – Jesse Mills (tracks: 8 to 10), Richard O’Neill (tracks: 14, 15, 34 to 36)
Violin – Ani Kavafian (tracks: 14, 15), Jennifer Frautschi (tracks: 16, 17), Jesse Mills (tracks: 1, 2, 8 to 10, 27 to 30), Sunghae Anna Lim (tracks: 34 to 36

Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: 21 to 26, 37 to 42)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (tracks: 1, 2)
Conductor – Robert Craft

Tracks 1, 2, 21 to 26 and 37 to 42 recorded at The Coliseum, Watford, England, in July 2002
Tracks 3 to 20 and 27 to 36 recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, in 2003-2004

Label: Naxos – 8.557530
Barcode: 747313253029
Series: Robert Craft Collection
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 2005
Genre: Classical
Style: Serial, Twelve-tone