Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen Vol. 1
2014, 1x Audio-CD
Gruppo Montebello, Henk Guittart (conductor)
Anton Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 7 (arr. for chamber ensemble)
Claude Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, Très modéré (arr. for chamber ensemble)
Ferruccio Busoni: Berceuse Elegiaque op. 42, Des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter, Andantino calmo (arr. for chamber ensemble)
In 1918 Arnold Schoenberg founded the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) in Vienna. The main goal of the Verein was “to provide artists and art lovers with a real and precise knowledge of modern music.” An innovative format was developed: weekly concerts which were open only to members of the Verein, critics were not admitted, and audible approval or disapproval was out of the question. The programs would remain secret until the evening of the concert. The repertoire consisted of chamber music, but orchestral works were also presented, at first in arrangements for piano solo, piano four hands or for two pianos, and later for a chamber ensemble, usually consisting of a few wind instruments, a string quintet, piano and harmonium.