Igor Stravinsky - The Final Chorale & Arnold Schönberg - Five Orchestral Pieces (DVD)

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2005, DVD, english (Subs: D, GB, F, NL, SP, JP), DVD, 104 min., 4:3, Dolby Digital 2.0, Juxta positions Michael Gielen, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Wind E nsembleRegie: Frank Scheffer Written in 1909, Five Orchestral Pieces is one of Arnold Schönberg's most famous compositions, representing the revolutionary step from tonal to atonal music. In the composer's own words, it was just "No architecture, no build up, just an uninterrupted flow of colours, rhythm and moods". Conductor Michael Gielen rehearses and performs Schönberg's op. 16 with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. Each of the five movements is interpreted with intervies of Gielen, Carl Schorkse and Charles Rosen who discuss various aspects of Schönberg's life and works. Rosen also performs the last movement of Schönberg's Three Piano Pieces, op. 11. »The finale chorale« ist the second film on the disc, a documentary about the story of Stravinsky´s »Symphonies of Wind Instruments«. Show more