Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande; Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde – review

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester/Boulez (Decca UMO)Pierre Boulez has recorded Schoenberg's symphonic poem before, 20 years ago with the Chicago Symphony for Erato. In that performance there was still a slight coolness and studied objectivity about his approach to what is one of the composer's most lushly Romantic early scores, but there is little trace of that in this recording. It is taken from a concert with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester in Tokyo in 2003, but has only now been released for th...

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