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Originally Posted by MicShazam
There's just something about his music that grabs me. It really seems to come alive. I've got a CD with a work named Pelleas und Melisande. It's the only thing I've familiarized myself with so far, but I've owned this CD for quite a while by now. I'll definitely get some more Schöenberg when the opportunity presents itself (a local record store that I frequent has a large classical section that I skim now and then. It's unsorted, so I just get lucky and find something good now and then).
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Ahh, Pelleas is from before his switch to atonality, which is the point when lots of people seem to lose interest: of course, it's their loss as those who do 'get' him tend to consider him to be one of the greatest composers, whether it's his tonal, atonal, or twelve-tone music. I'd suggest Verklärte Nacht and then Gurre-Lieder for the next Schoenberg to explore: they are just as good as the (fantastic) Pelleas, and from the same period of his life.
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