Transfiguration

Transfiguration

Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schönberg; Smithsonian Chamber Players, Kenneth Slowik

Album
Label Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Release date Format CD

Tracklist 72:50

1 Symphony no. 5: Adagietto Gustav Mahler 7:37
2 Quartetto serioso, F minor, op. 95 (arr. Mahler): I. Allegro con brio Ludwig van Beethoven 4:53
3 Quartetto serioso, F minor, op. 95 (arr. Mahler): II. Allegretto, ma non troppo Ludwig van Beethoven 7:41
4 Quartetto serioso, F minor, op. 95 (arr. Mahler): III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso Ludwig van Beethoven 5:14
5 Quartetto serioso, F minor, op. 95 (arr. Mahler): IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegro agitato Ludwig van Beethoven 5:25
6 Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Arnold Schönberg 28:19
7 Opening of Mahler’s Adagietto as recorded in 1926 by Willem Mengelberg and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Gustav Mahler 0:57
8 Opening of Mahler’s Adagietto as recorded 15 January 1938 by Bruno Walter and the Vienna Philharmonic Gustav Mahler 1:06
9 Opening of Mahler’s Ich bin der Welt abhanden as recorded 24 May 1936 by Bruno Walter and the Vienna Philharmonic Gustav Mahler 0:57
10 Schönberg’s 1950 program notes to Verklärte Nacht read in the original English by Richard Hoffmann, Schönberg’s secretary and assistance 1948 - 1951 Arnold Schönberg 10:37