Arnold Schoenberg - Herzgewächse

Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20 (1911) Hidéki Nagano, celesta Dimitri Vassilakis, harmonium Frédérique Cambreling, harp Christine Schäfer, sopran Pierre Boulez The years 1908-09 were a prolific time for Schoenberg: he began composing in the atonal idiom and created a succession of important and deeply subjective Expressionistic works. After 1909, however, the composer suffered a prolonged dry spell, during which he composed virtually nothing and entered a depression. It