DaleW wrote:

>> A flinty, dry white would be appropriate for later Schoenberg but Verklarte
>> Nacht demands a fruit-forward, Parker bomb{;-)
>> BTW has Betsy recorded it?
>> Graham
>
> No, she has played before, but never recorded.
> If it makes you feel better about the wine match, this was the 1943
> version for string orchestra, not the original. Not really 12 tone,
> but some dischord stirred into the romance.

That's probably a good thing. My initial thought about Verklärte Nacht
was that one should eschew wine altogether and instead seek out some
Xanax to counterbalance the music.

Mark Lipton
(Still a slave to tonality, sadly)
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