review of
The Music of Arnold Schoenberg Volume Eight
by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - October 26, 2011


I only personally have volumes 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, & 8 in my collection so I'm unsure about the overall series but it seems to me that the series 'wound down' as it went along. Volumes 5, 6, & 7 (at least) no longer have bklts w/ the records & volume 8's bklt is considerably smaller (25pp) than those of volumes 2 & 3.

NONETHELESS, as a scholarly document this is still valuable. The complete text of "Von Heute auf Morgen" ("From Today 'til Tomorrow"), Schoenberg's 1928 one act comedic opera, is presented in both German & English - & that constitutes the majority of the bklt. But there're also more brief discussions by conductor Robert Craft of the other pieces on the 2 records: "De Profundis", "Modern Psalm", "Six Pieces for Male Chorus", "Eleven Choral Canons" (a collection seemingly especially compiled here), & "Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (after Monn)". Most of the work is probably in the category of 'little known' making any elucidation of it useful. ( )