1926, vol. 14: Webern, Milhaud, Poulenc

Of all early Modernism, it’s Anton Webern’s music that’s most abstract and challenging. Introducing this music in the foreword to his six-CD set of the composer’s complete works, Pierre Boulez speaks of the “purity” of Webern’s “asceticism.” […] Click here to continue reading a transcript of this podcast. Listen to Podcast: Shop for CD Recordings Recommended on This Episode: Webern, Two Songs op. 19 Webern, Two Songs op. 19 Milhaud, Le Carnaval d’Aix Milhaud, Le Pauvre Matelot Milhaud, Le Pauvre Matelot Milhaud, Le Pauvre Matelot Poulenc, Chansons Gaillardes Poulenc, Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano Poulenc, Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano Listen Online to Music Featured on This Episode: AYICM: 1926, vol. 14 Click the link above to listen to the music discussed on this episode on a Classical Archives (www.classicalarchives.com) playlist. A subscription to the Classical Archives streaming service ($7.99 per month) allows unlimited online listening to these AYICM playlists, and to recordings of more than 620,000 other classical works. They offer a free two-week trial period to this service, so you can try before you buy. (The recordings we recommend on the AYICM shows are not always available for online listening; in these cases we include the best available alternate recording whenever possible. Please note that some of the recordings on these playlists are available only to Classical Archives subscribers in the U.S.)

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