Arnold Schoenberg Recordings: List of Works

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Works with opus numbers

• 1. 2 Gesänge [2 Songs], op. 1 (1898) (baritone, piano)
• 2. 4 Lieder [4 Songs], op. 2 (1899) (voice, piano)
• 3. 6 Lieder [6 Songs], op. 3 (1899/1903) (voice, piano)
• 4. Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured night], op. 4 (1899) (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos)
  • arr. Arnold Schoenberg (1917) (string orchestra)
  • arr. Edward Steuermann (1932) (violin, violoncello, piano)
  • rev. Arnold Schoenberg (1943) (string orchestra)
  • arr. Martin Caron (1991?) (2 pianos)
• 5. Pelleas und Melisande [Pelleas and Melisande], op. 5 (1902/03) (orchestra)
• 6. 8 Lieder [8 Songs], op. 6 (1903/05) (soprano, piano)
• 7. Quartet no. 1, D minor, op. 7 (1904/05) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• 8. 6 Lieder [6 Songs], op. 8 (1903/05) (voice, orchestra)
  • no. 1 arr. Hanns Eisler (1921) (voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, harmonium, piano 4 hands)
  • nos. 2 & 5 arr. Erwin Stein (1921) (voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, harmonium, piano)
  • nos. 4 & 6 arr. Hanns Eisler?, Josef Rufer?, Arnold Schoenberg?, Erwin Stein?, Josef Travnicek? (1921) (voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, harmonium, piano)
  • no. 6 arr. Anton Webern (1939?) (voice, piano)
• 9. Kammersymphonie [Chamber symphony] no. 1, op. 9 (1906) (flute & piccolo, oboe, English horn, E-flat clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contra-bassoon, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass)
  • arr. Arnold Schoenberg (piano 4 hands)
  • arr. Alban Berg (1914) (2 pianos)
  • rev. Arnold Schoenberg (1922) (doubled strings)
  • arr. Anton Webern (1923) (flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano)
  • arr. Anton Webern (1923) (piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello)
  • op. 9b, rev. Arnold Schoenberg (1935) (orchestra)
• 10. Quartet no. 2, F-sharp minor, op. 10 (1907/08) (soprano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello)
  • arr. Arnold Schoenberg (1929) (soprano, string orchestra)
  • no. 3 arr. Mark Hetzler (2003?) (trombone, string orchestra)
• 11. 3 Stücke [3 Pieces], op. 11 (1909) (piano)
  • no. 2 arr. Ferruccio Busoni (1910) (piano)
  • arr. Takatoshi Naitoh (1991) (computer & synthesizer)
• 12. 2 Balladen [2 Ballads], op. 12 (1906) (voice, piano)
• 13. Friede auf Erden [Peace on earth], op. 13 (1907) (chorus)
  • arr. Arnold Schoenberg (1911?) (chorus, orchestra)
  • arr. (?) (orchestra)
• 14. 2 Lieder [2 Songs], op. 14 (1907/08) (voice, piano)
• 15. 15 Gedichte aus Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [15 Poems from The book of the hanging gardens] by Stefan George, op. 15 (1908/09) (voice, piano)
• 16. 5 Stücke [5 Pieces], op. 16 (1909) (orchestra)
  • arr. Anton Webern (1912) (2 pianos)
  • rev. Arnold Schoenberg (1922) (orchestra)
  • arr. Felix Greissle (1925) (2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, celeste, harmonium)
  • rev. Arnold Schoenberg (1949) (orchestra)
  • no. 3 arr. Franck Krawczyk (2002) (choir)
• 17. Erwartung [Expectation], op. 17 (1909) (soprano, orchestra)
• 18. Die Glückliche Hand [The lucky hand], op. 18 (1910/13) (baritone, 2 mute roles, chorus, orchestra)
  • arr. Berthold Tuercke (2001?) (bass, chorus, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, 2 accordions, 3 percussion, 2 pianos)
• 19. 6 Kleine Klavierstücke [6 Little piano pieces], op. 19 (1911) (piano)
  • arr Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (1980?) (organ)
  • arr. Bruno Liberda? (1991?) (piano, 3 voices)
  • arr. Takatoshi Naitoh (1991) (computer & synthesizer)
  • arr. Henk Guittart (1999) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
  • arr. Manfred Fischer (2000?) (4 guitars)
• 20. Herzgewächse [Foliage of the heart], op. 20 (1911) (soprano, celeste, harmonium, harp)
• 21. Pierrot lunaire, op. 21 (1912) (voice, piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano)
• 22. 4 Lieder [4 Songs], op. 22 (1913/16) (voice, orchestra)
  • arr. Felix Greissle (1921) (baritone, piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano)
• 23. 5 Stücke [5 Pieces], op. 23 (1920/23) (piano)
  • arr. Takatoshi Naitoh (1991) (computer & synthesizer)
• 24. Serenade, op. 24 (1920/23) (baritone, clarinet, bass clarinet, guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, violoncello)
  • arr. Felix Greissle (1922/23) (violin, violoncello, piano)
• 25. Suite, op. 25 (1921/23) (piano)
  • arr. Takatoshi Naitoh (1991) (computer & synthesizer)
• 26. Quintet, op. 26 (1924) (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon)
  • arr. Felix Greissle: “Sonata” (1926) (flute, piano)
  • arr. Felix Greissle: “Sonata” (1926) (violin, piano)
  • arr. Henk Guittart (1995) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• 27. 4 Stücke [4 Pieces], op. 27 (1925) (chorus, mandolin, clarinet, violin, violoncello)
• 28. 3 Satiren [3 Satires], op. 28 (1925/26) (chorus, alto, violoncello, piano)
• 29. Suite, op. 29 (1925) (E-flat clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano)
• 30. Quartet no. 3, op. 30 (1927) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• 31. Variations, op. 31 (1926/28) (orchestra)
  • arr. Charles Wuorinen (199-?) (2 pianos)
• 32. Von heute auf morgen [From today to tomorrow], op. 32 (1929) (5 voices, orchestra)
• 33. 2 Stücke [2 Pieces], op. 33a (1928) & 33b (1931) (piano)
  • arr. Takatoshi Naitoh (1991) (computer & synthesizer)
• 34. Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene [Accompanying music to a film scene], op. 34 (1930) (orchestra)
  • arr. Johannes Schöllhorn (1992) (flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, harmonium, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass)
• 35. 6 Stücke [6 Pieces], op. 35 (1930) (male chorus)
• 36. Concerto, op. 36 (1934/36) (violin, orchestra)
• 37. Quartet no. 4, op. 37 (1936) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• 38. Kammersymphonie [Chamber symphony] no. 2, op. 38 (1906/39) (2 flutes & piccolo, 2 oboes & English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass)
  • op. 38b, arr. Arnold Schoenberg (1941/42) (2 pianos)
• 39. Kol nidre, op. 39 (1938) (voice, chorus, orchestra)
• 40. Variations on a recitative, op. 40 (1941) (organ)
  • arr. Felix Greissle (19--) (orchestra)
  • arr. Jan Maegaard (19--, op. 68) (orchestra)
• 41. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, op. 41 (1942) (voice, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano)
  • arr. Arnold Schoenberg (1944) (voice, string orchestra, piano)
• 42. Concerto, op. 42 (1942) (piano, orchestra)
• 43. Theme and variations, op. 43a (1943) (band)
  • op. 43b, arr. Arnold Schoenberg (1943) (orchestra)
• 44. Prelude to “Genesis”, op. 44 (1945) (chorus, orchestra)
• 45. Trio, op. 45 (1946) (violin, viola, violoncello)
• 46. A Survivor from Warsaw, op. 46 (1947) (voice, chorus, orchestra)
• 47. Phantasy, op. 47 (1949) (violin, piano)
• 48. 3 Songs, op. 48 (1933) (voice, piano)
• 49. 3 Folksongs, op. 49 (1948) (chorus)
• 50a. Dreimal tausend Jahre [Three times a thousand years], op. 50a (1949) (chorus)
• 50b. Psalm 130 “De profundis”, op. 50b (1950) (chorus)
• 50c. Modern psalm, op. 50c (1950, unfinished) (voice, chorus, orchestra)

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Works without opus numbers

Operas

• 51. Moses und Aron [Moses and Aron] (1930/32) (multiple solo voices, multiple choruses, orchestra)

Choral works

• 54. Ei, du Lütte [Oh, you little one] (late 1890s) (chorus)
• 57. Gurre Lieder [Songs of Gurre] (1901/11) (6 solo voices, multiple choruses, orchestra)
  • arr. Martin von Hopffgarten & Clemens Kröger (2003?) (speaker, violoncello, 2 pianos)
• 57a. Lied der Waldtaube [Song of the Wooddove] (from Gurre Lieder) (arr. 1922) (mezzo-soprano, flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, E-flat clarinet, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, contra-bassoons, 2 horns, harmonium, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass)
  • arr. Alban Berg (19--) (mezzo-soprano, piano)
• 59. 3 Volksliedsätze [3 Folksong movements] (1929) (chorus)
• 63. Die Jakobsleiter [Jacob’s ladder] (1917/22, unfinished) (multiple solo voices, multiple choruses, orchestra)

Orchestral works

• 73. Concerto “after Monn’s Concerto in D major for harpsichord” (1932/33) (violoncello, orchestra)
• 74. Concerto “freely adapted from Handel’s Concerto grosso in B-flat major, op.6, no.7” (1933) (2 violins, viola, violoncello, orchestra)
• 75. Suite, G major (1934) (string orchestra)

Chamber works

• 101. Stück, d (1893/94) (violin, piano)
• 102. Presto, C major (1896/97) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• 103. Quartet, D major (1897) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• 104. Scherzo, F major (1897) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• 105. Die eiserne Brigade [The iron brigade], march (1916) (2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano)
• 106. Weihnachtsmusik [Christmas music] (1921) (2 violins, violoncello, harmonium piano)
• 110. Fanfare on motifs of Die Gurre-Lieder (1945) (3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 percussion)
• 113. Ein Stelldichein [A rendezvous] (1905) (oboe, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello)
• 114. 3 kleine Orchesterstücke [3 Little orchestra pieces] (1910) (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, organ/harmonium, celeste, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass)
• 120. Sonata (1927) (43-bar fragment) (violin, piano)

Songs

• 135. Am Strande [At the seashore] (1909) (voice, piano)
• 136. Die Beiden (Sie trug den Becher in der Hand) [The two (She carried the goblet in her hand)] (1899) (voice, piano)
• 137. 8 Brettllieder [8 Cabaret songs] (1901) (soprano, piccolo, trumpet, snare drum, piano)
  • arr. Patrick Davin (1991) (soprano, flute & piccolo, clarinet, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, piano, harmonium, percussion)
• 139. Deinem Blick mich zu bequemen [To submit to your sweet glance] (1903) (voice, piano)
• 140. 4 Deutsche Volkslieder [4 German folksongs] (1929) (voice, piano)
• 141. Ecloge (Duftreich ist die Erde) [Eclogue (Fragrant is the earth)] (1896/97) (voice, piano)
• 144. Gedenken (Es steht sein Bild noch immer da) [Remembrance (His picture is still there)] (1893/1903?) (voice, piano)
• 145. Gruss in die Ferne (Dunkelnd über den See) [Hail from afar (Darkened over the sea)] (Aug 1900) (voice, piano)
• 146. In hellen Träumen hab’ ich dich oft geschaut [In vivid dreams so oft you appeared to me] (1893) (voice, piano)
• 148. 12 erste Lieder [12 First songs] (1893/96) (voice, piano)
• 150. Mädchenfrühling (Aprilwind, alle Knospen) [Maiden’s spring (April wind, all abud)] (1897) (voice, piano)
• 152. Mädchenlied (Sang ein Bettlerpärlein am Schenkentor) [Maiden’s song (A pair of beggars sang at the giving gate)] (1897/1900) (voice, piano)
• 153. Mailied (Zwischen Weizen und Korn) [May song (Between wheat and grain)] (voice, piano)
• 154. Mannesbangen (Du musst nicht meinen) [Men’s worries (You should not...)] (1899) (voice, piano)
• 155. Nicht doch! (Mädel, lass das Stricken [But no! (Girl, stop knitting)] (1897) (voice, piano)
• 156. Ein Schilflied (Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden) [A bulrush song (Yonder is the sun departing)] (1893) (voice, piano)
• 159. Waldesnacht, du wunderkühle [Forest night, so wondrous cool] (1894/96) (voice, piano)
• 160. Warum bist du aufgewacht [Why have you awakened] (1893/94) (voice, piano)

Keyboard works

• 209. 3 Stücke [3 Pieces] (1894) (piano)
• 210. 6 Stücke [6 Pieces] (1896) (piano 4 hands)
• 211. Scherzo (Gesamtausgabe fragment 1) (ca. 1894) (piano)
• 212. Leicht, mit einiger Unruhe [Lightly with some restlessness], C-sharp minor (Gesamtausgabe fragment 2) (ca. 1900) (piano)
• 213. Langsam [Slowly], A-flat major (Gesamtausgabe fragment 3) (1900/01) (piano)
• 214. Wenig bewegt, sehr zart [Calmly, very gentle], B-flat major (Gesamtausgabe fragment 4) (1905/06) (piano)
• 215. 2 Stücke [2 Pieces] (Gesamtausgabe fragments 5a & 5b) (1909) (piano)
• 216. Stück [Piece] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 6) (1909) (piano)
• 217. Stück [Piece] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 7) (1909) (piano)
• 218. Stück [Piece] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 8) (ca. 1910) (piano)
• 219. Mäßig, aber sehr ausdrucksvoll [Measured, but very expressive] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 9) (March 1918) (piano)
• 220. Langsam [Slowly] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 10) (Summer 1920) (piano)
• 221. Stück [Piece] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 11) (Summer 1920) (piano)
• 222. Langsame Halbe [Slow half-notes], B (Gesamtausgabe fragment 12) (1925) (piano)
• 223. Quarter note = mm. 80 (Gesamtausgabe fragment 13) (February 1931) (piano)
• 224. Sehr rasch; Adagio [Very fast; Slowly] (Gesamtausgabe fragment 14) (July 1931) (piano)
• 225. Andante (Gesamtausgabe fragment 15) (10 October 1931) (piano)
• 226. Piece (Gesamtausgabe fragment 16) (after October 1933) (piano)
• 227. Moderato (Gesamtausgabe fragment 17) (April 1934?) (piano)
• 228. Sonata (1941) (organ)

Canons

• 231. O daß der Sinnen doch so viele sind! [Oh, the senses are too numerous!] (Bärenreiter I) (April? 1905) (4 voices)
• 232. Wenn der schwer Gedrückte klagt [When the sore oppressed complains] (Bärenreiter II) (April? 1905) (4 voices)
• 234. Wer mit der Welt laufen will [He who wants to run with the world] (for David Bach) (Bärenreiter XXI) (March 1926; July 1934) (3 voices)
• 235. Canon (Bärenreiter IV) (April 1926) (4 voices)
• 236. Von meinen Steinen [From my stones] (for Erwin Stein) (Bärenreiter V) (December 1926) (4 voices)
• 237. Arnold Schönberg beglückwünschst herzlichst Concert Gebouw [Arnold Schoenberg congratulates the Concert Gebouw affectionately] (Bärenreiter VI) (March 1928) (5 voices)
• 239. Mirror canon with two free middle voices, A major (Bärenreiter VIII) (April 1931) (4 voices)
• 244. Jedem geht es so [No man can escape] (for Carl Engel) (Bärenreiter XIII) (April 1933; text 1943) (3 voices)
• 245. Mir auch ist es so ergangen [I, too, was not better off] (for Carl Engel) (Bärenreiter XIV) (April 1933; text 1943) (3 voices)
• 246. Perpetual canon, A minor (Bärenreiter XV) (1933) (4 voices)
• 247. Mirror canon, A minor (Bärenreiter XVI) (1933) (4 voices)
• 252. Es ist zu dumm [It is too dumb] (for Rudolph Ganz) (Bärenreiter XXII) (September 1934) (4 voices)
• 258. Man mag über Schönberg denken, wie man will [One might think about Schoenberg any way one wants to] (for Charlotte Dieterle) (Bärenreiter XXIII) (1935) (4 voices)
• 260. Double canon (Bärenreiter XXV) (1938) (4 voices)
• 261. Mr. Saunders I owe you thanks (for Richard Drake Saunders) (Bärenreiter XXVI) (December 1939) (4 voices)
• 263. I am almost sure, when your nurse will change your diapers (for Artur Rodzinsky on the birth of his son Richard) (Bärenreiter XXVIII) (March 1945) (4 voices)
• 264. Canon for Thomas Mann on his 70th birthday (Bärenreiter XXIX) (June 1945) (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
• 265. Gravitationszentrum eigenen Sonnensystems [You are the center of gravity of your own solar system] (Bärenreiter XXX) (August 1949) (4 voices)

Transcriptions and arrangements

• 269. Bach: Chorale prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele [Deck thyself, oh dear soul], BWV 654 (arr. 1922: orchestra)
• 270. Bach: Chorale prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist [Come, God, Creator, Holy ghost], BWV 631 (arr. 1922: orchestra)
• 271. Bach: Prelude and fugue, E-flat major “St. Anne”, BWV 552 (arr. 1928: orchestra)
• 272. Brahms: Piano quartet, G minor, op. 25 (arr. 1937: orchestra)
• 273. Denza: Funiculi, funicula (arr. 1921: voice, clarinet, mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, violoncello)
• 276. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde [The song of the earth] (arr. Arnold Schoenberg & Anton Webern, 1921; completed by Rainer Riehn, 1983: soprano, flute & piccolo, oboe & English horn, clarinet, bassoon & contra-bassoon, horn, harmonium, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass)
• 277. Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen [Songs of a wayfarer] (arr. Arnold Schoenberg, 1920: voice, flute, clarinet, harmonium, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, percussion)
• 281. Reger: Eine romantische Suite [A romantic suite], op. 125 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg & Rudolf Kolisch, 1919/1920: flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, harmonium 4 hands, piano 4 hands)
• 284. Schubert: Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern: incidental music, D. 797 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg, 1903?: piano 4 hands)
• 285. Schubert: Ständchen [Serenade], D. 889 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg (1921) (voice, clarinet, bassoon, mandolin, guitar, 2 violins, viola, violoncello))
• 287. Sioly: Weil i a alter Drahrer bin [For I’m a real old gadabout] (arr. 1921: clarinet, mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, violoncello)
• 288. Strauss: Kaiserwalzer [Emperor waltz], op. 437 (arr. 1925: flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano)
• 290. Strauss: Rosen aus dem Süden [Roses from the south], op. 388 (arr. 1921: harmonium, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello)

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