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The Orchestre symphonique de Montreal and it's Music Director Rafael Payare celebrate Arnold Schoenberg's 150th birthday with a recording of two of his late-Romantic masterworks Verklarte Nacht and Pelleas und Melisande. Both pieces are based on stories evolving around love, jealousy, acceptance and forgiveness, and showcase Schoenberg's expressive harmonic language and scintillating, multifarious orchestration. The album booklet features unique photography and paintings by Arnold Schoenberg, sketching a vivid picture of this extraordinarily versatile artist. After their acclaimed PENTATONE recordings of Mahler's Fifth Symphony (2023), as well as his Ruckert-Lieder and Strauss's Ein Heldenleben (2024), Payare and the orchestra further explore this late-Romantic repertoire that fits them like a glove. Album Tracks 1. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~Ia. Introduction (A Forest). Ein wenig bewegt, zögernd 2. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~Ib. Principle Theme (Golaud marries Mélisande and brings her to the castle). Heftig 3. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~Ic. Second Theme (Mélisande sees Pelléas - Awakengin of love). Lebhaft 4. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~IIa. (Scene by the spring in the park. The ring falls into the water - Golaud is thrown from his horse). Sehr rasch 5. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~IIb. (Scene at the Castle Tower (Mélisande's Hair) - Scene in the Castle Vaults). Sehr langsam 6. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~IIIa. (At the spring in the park). Ein wenig bewegt 7. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~IIIb. (Goodbye and Love Scene - Golaud interferes and kills Pelleas). Langsam 8. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~IIIc. Reprise. Ein wenig bewegter 9. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~IVa. Sehr langsam. 10. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~IVb. Etwas bewegt. 11. Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5~IVc. (Mélisande's death chamber). In gehender Bewegung 12. Pelleas un
