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Possibly my favorite work of Schoenberg's, certainly right up there, and perfection in every way. I didn't altogether appreciate GG's performance when I first heard it 30 yrs ago or so. I was at that time under the spell of Charles Rosen's complete works performances. (And if I still had my copy of that out-of-print gem, I could talk more intelligently about it.) But I like this very much now, to say the least. Irrespective who you listen to, or play it yourself, this is 12-tone's apotheosis. Worth living for.

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Glenn Gould - Schoenberg, suite Op. 25

Complete playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMhNcmmMn0A&feature=PlayList&p=B7EA5853D24983FF&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1

I first saw this recording a long time ago, this actual sleeve design, in a bookstore on Broadway, the Gryphon perhaps, a year or so after I first performed the Berg op. 1 myself. I wasn't crazy about the performance then but of course I am so now, and all the others (live) out there. The work is such a masterpiece. Hard to believe Schoenberg found it amateurish, or whatever his word was, I can't recall just now, but it had something to do with being a student production. But Schoenberg was so great himself, so capable, he was either 1) jealous, or 2) simply past such rich post-romantic, pre-atonal sonic vocabulary.

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Glenn Gould, piano

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/no/album/berg-sonata-for-piano-op-1/id261347394

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/3h78EwEuvW0cbemFJToyaT

Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1 - Schoenberg: Three Piano Pieces - Krenek: Piano Sonata No. 3

Of all Schönberg's magnificent works, I can't help but love op. 25 best. So marvelous, I love it as much as anything in the world. And Gould's performance is a favorite too, along with Rosen's (good luck finding it).

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iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/schoenberg-piano-music-piano/id203939737

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/3WSSe3NXOOs1HqyAVSCRoU

Suite op. 25

Complete playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMhNcmmMn0A&feature=PlayList&p=B7EA5853D24983…

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Glenn Gould plays Arnold Schönberg