Thursday, August 21, 2008

Schoenberg's "Serenade" Opus 24

I'm currently grooving to Schoenberg's "Serenade", a cool piece of music scored for eight players that include a bass, guitar and mandolin. It's almost rock n roll. Well, it DOES rock in an offbeat way a little bit like Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica", anyway.

Here's a youtube clip with an excerpt (the complete piece is 32 minutes long):



I'm listening to the version on this cd:


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