Alexander von Zemlinsky

Schönberg sagte über Zemlinsky, dass seine Zeit kommen werde, und hat Recht behalten. Spätestens seit der Retrospektive im Rahmen des Musikprotokolls des Steirischen Herbstes 1974 spricht man wieder ü...

'Sechs Gesänge' ('Six Songs') based on poems by Maurice Maeterlinck were composed as piano songs in 1910 and 1913 and orchestrated in 1924. They show the art of song writing at its very best. The voca...

Fingering: Klaus Schilde With part for clarinet in B flat/A Alexander Zemlinsky is mainly known for his operas and orchestral songs with their opulent late Romantic orchestration. His earlier, inspire...

Great operas and oratorios for the piano - 4 hands Haydn, The Seasons /Lortzing, Der Waffenschmied von Worms Zemlinsky arranges Haydn's 'The Seasons, Schönberg arranges Lortzing's 'Waffenschmied', two...

Alexander Zemlinsky and his brother-in-law Arnold Schoenberg wrote piano reductions for piano 4 hands by order of Universal Edition during the first decade of the foundation of UE (1901-1910).

Glöte Oboe Klarinette in B Horn in F Fagott

Alexander Zemlinsky's music was long unjustly overshadowed by what was regarded as the 'more progressive' Second Viennese School. Although Zemlinsky was close friends with its protagonist Arnold Schön...

Stimmensatz - Zum Tod seiner Schwester Mathilde

If, as the editor states, Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy is one of the milestones of 20th century music theatre, its path to acceptance was rather arduous. Beginning with the troubled text by Oscar...

Two of Zemlinsky's representative songs from the early 20th century are presented here by editor Clytus Gottwald: Als ihr Geliebter schied, Op. 13 No. 4, and Und kehrt er einst heim, Op. 13 No. 5, in...

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