The spirit of the variation. A little over forty years separate Brahms’s Fourth Symphony from Schoenberg’s Variations op.31: little enough for two sound-worlds so radically divergent! Yet a certain conscious classicism in the handling of variation forms (the chaconne in Brahms, balanced serialism in Schoenberg) and a common affiliation – to Bach – link these masterpieces of Romanticism and dodecaphony. Is there really such a sharp divide between them? This title was released for the first time in 2006.
JOHANNES BRAHMS [1833-1897] Symphonie n°4 op.90 en mi mineur / E minor / e-moll · I. Allegro non troppo (12'53) · II. Andante moderato (11'30) · III. Allegro giocoso (6'04) · IV. Allegro energico e passionato (9'39) ARNOLD SCHOENBERG [1874-1951] Variations pour orchestre op.31 · Introduktion. Mäßig ruhig (1'24) · Thema. Molto moderato (1'15) · I. Variation. Moderato (1'15) · II. Variation. Langsam (1'45) · III. Variation. Mäßig (0'59) · IV. Variation. Walzertempo (1'19) · V. Variation. Bewegt (1'44) · VI. Variation. Andante (1'24) · VII. Variation. Langsam (1'51) · VIII. Variation. Sehr rasch (0'39) · IX. Variation. L'istesso tempo; aber etwas langsamer (1'04) · Finale. Mäßig schnell - Grazioso - Viel rascher - Presto (6'25)
