CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
On the recommendation of Slavoj Zizek I'm listening to Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder.
Early romantic Schoenberg still with a tonal centre. It does sound like late romantic opera but with a touch of edge. It's glorious.
Funnily enough I have a vinyl double album of this work which I picked up in Relay Records who used to have a concession in "The Bon" the attempt to keep Bon Marché in Brixton going in 1978-1980 or thereabouts.
This recording apparently dates from 11th April 1932 - so must originally have been a set of about 12 12 inch 78s. The recording quality isn't that bad - it didn't get reprocessed into "Electronic Stereo".
The double LP version was released as a vintage recording in 1976, and by the time it found it's way to Bon Marché it cost me £1.