Merry Christmas from Ahnold

I guess I'm one of the few who also know and like this piece. Have even recommended it (unheeded) to others. There's a CD recording on Disques Montaigne by the Arditti Quartet (and another whose name I forget), on one of their Schoenberg releases, and also on the "1974-1994" compilation (which is where I first heard it).

Thanks, Kyle, and Merry Christmas to you!

106. Weihnachtsmusik [Christmas music] (1921)
(2 violins, violoncello, harmonium, piano)

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London Sinfonietta members (Nona Liddell, violin; Joan Atherton, violin; Jennifer Ward Clarke, violoncello; David Atherton, harmonium; John Constable, piano) (recorded: Petersham, England, 17 October 1973 - 6 May 1974) (5:55)
*Decca SXLK 6660/64 stereo (1974) LP
London SXLK 6660/64 stereo (1974?) LP
*EvaTone Soundsheets 843262S stereo (1974?) 7" square LP
Telefunken 6.35268 HM stereo (1975?) LP
London (Japan) SLC 2453/57 stereo (pre 1978) LP
Decca 414 171-1 stereo (1985?) LP
Decca 414 171-4 stereo (1985?) cassette
*London Enterprise 414 171-1 LE stereo (1985) LP
*London Enterprise 414 171-4 LE stereo (1985) cassette
Teldec 414 171-1 TV stereo (1986?) LP
Decca 414 258-1 DJ2 stereo (1986?) LP
Decca 414 258-4 DJ2 stereo (1986?) cassette

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Camerata de Versailles (Anne Fumet, violin; William Fitzpatrick?, violin; Jean-Jacques Wiederker, violoncello; Norbert Zabaly, harmonium; Mark Davies, piano); Amaury du Closel, conductor (recorded: France?) (4:23)
*Auvidis AV 4842 digital stereo (1986) LP
*Auvidis AV 6110 stereo DDD (1986) CD
Valois 6110 stereo DDD (1991?) CD

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Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, violin; David Alberman, violin; Rohan de Saram, violoncello); Louise Bessette, piano; Hakon Austbö, harmonium; Michel Béroff, conductor (recorded: live, Auditorium, Louvre, Paris, France, 13-22 November 1989) (6:00)
*Disques Montaigne JM 001 (WM 334) stereo DDD (1989) CD
*Auvidis Montaigne MO 789011 stereo DDD (1994) CD
*Auvidis Montaigne MO 782070 stereo DDD (1995) CD
*Montaigne Naïve MO 782160 stereo DDD (2002) CD

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Ensemble Stanislas (Alexis Galpérine, violin; Gee Lee, violin; Jean de Spengler, violoncello; Mari Shirotori, harmonium; Jeff Cohen, piano) (recorded: Théâtre de l'Atelier, Nancy, France, June & November 1991) (7:06)
*Gallo CD-676 stereo DDD (1992) CD

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Taverner Consort Players; Andrew Parrott, conductor (5:10)
*BBC Music Magazine BBC MM116 stereo DDD (1993) CD
*BBC Music Magazine v. 2, n. 4 digital stereo (1993) cassette

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Wiener Streichquintett (Thomas Christian, violin; Peter Katt, violin; Michael Hell, violoncello); Alfred Mitterhofer, harmonium; Leonore Aumeier, piano (recorded: Funkhaus Saal 2, Georgsmarienhütte, Germany, 18-20 January 1997) (6:10)
*CPO 999 588-2 stereo DDD (1998) CD

Danke Schoen!

Thank you so much for posting Weihnachtsmusik [Christmas music] for Piano Quartet of Arnold Schoenberg - it is exquisit!
Yes, it has made me look at him in an entirely different light. It is just like those who sing the praises of Pablo Picasso [not understanding that he was in control of the controlled distortion - because he could also paint the beautiful human form from the very begining!