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Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (Arr. Webern for Quintet) : Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (Arr. Webern for Quintet): III. Development. Viel langsamer, aber doch fliessend [Fig. 6 by Boston Symphony Chamber Players album cover

Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (Arr. Webern for Quintet) : Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (Arr. Webern for Quintet): III. Development. Viel langsamer, aber doch fliessend [Fig. 6

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Webern's reduction of Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony distills dense counterpoint into chamber-sized intensity. The Development section unfolds with nervous fluidity—'langsamer, aber doch fliessend'—where calm surfaces barely contain structural unease. Boston Symphony Chamber Players render this thorny music with surgical clarity, each line a wire pulled taut.