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Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in B flat, after the Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7 by George Frideric Handel, freely...
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in
B flat, after the Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7
by George Frideric Handel, freely transcribed and
developed by Arnold Schoenberg
Whereas the playing time of Handel's concerto for
strings and continuo is fourteen minutes, and
Schoenberg's orchestral elaboration of it 22 minutes, the
work should be counted among the latter's compositions
and not simply as one of his orchestrations (Brahms,
Bach). He was not an unqualified admirer of Handel,
and indeed became livid if the name was mentioned in
the same breath as Bach. Apropos the Monn Cello
Concerto recomposed for Pablo Casals, Schoenberg
wrote:
"I was mainly intent on removing the defects of
the Handelian style. Just as Mozart did with
Handel's Messiah, I have had to get rid of whole
handfuls of rosalias and sequences, replacing them
with real substance. I also did my best to deal with
the other main defect of the Handelian style,
which is that the theme is always best when it first
appears and grows steadily more insignificant and
trivial in the course of the piece."
Disc 1
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in B flat major (after Handel's Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/7)(more info)