Two works you cannot live without
mainFrom the Lebrecht Album of the Week:
No musical household should be without these two works of genius. You never know when you will need one or other in an emergency.
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Two great musical names: Shoenberg and Shostakovich! Shostakovich is my favorite of these two, but it would be exciting to listen to a new recording with musical compositions of both of them.
Schoenberg is my favorite of these two. By a very wide margin.
Yes agreed, a fantastic work. Shows how atonality works best as embellishment to music with a tonal core.