Transfiguration

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

Tracklist

  1. Symphony no. 5: Adagietto7:37
  2. Quartetto serioso, F minor, op. 95 (arr. Mahler): I. Allegro con brio4:53
  3. Quartetto serioso, F minor, op. 95 (arr. Mahler): II. Allegretto, ma non troppo7:41
  4. Quartetto serioso, F minor, op. 95 (arr. Mahler): III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso5:14
  5. Quartetto serioso, F minor, op. 95 (arr. Mahler): IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegro agitato5:25
  6. Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)28:19
  7. Opening of Mahler’s Adagietto as recorded in 1926 by Willem Mengelberg and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw0:57
  8. Opening of Mahler’s Adagietto as recorded 15 January 1938 by Bruno Walter and the Vienna Philharmonic1:06
  9. Opening of Mahler’s Ich bin der Welt abhanden as recorded 24 May 1936 by Bruno Walter and the Vienna Philharmonic0:57
  10. Schönberg’s 1950 program notes to Verklärte Nacht read in the original English by Richard Hoffmann, Schönberg’s secretary and assistance 1948 - 195110:37