“I composed the symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande in 1902. It is, in every respect, inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck’s wonderful drama.” (Arnold Schönberg) With its Mahler symphony cycle recording project now complete, the Gürzenich Orchestra, conductor Markus Stenz and Oehms Classics now present a CD devoted exclusively to Arnold Schönberg, beginning with the Kolja Blacher’s interpretation of the Violin Concerto, op. 36, premiered as was Alban Berg’s concerto several years earlier, by Louis Krasner, and the grand symphonic poem Pelleas and Melisande, op. 5.
