Symphony No. 4 in G major (chamber version, arr. Erwin Stein)

Erwin Stein made this arrangement in 1921 for Schoenberg's Society for Private Musical Performances. The society could not afford a full orchestra, so symphonies were reduced to a dozen or so players; this version uses string quintet, flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, harmonium and percussion. The soprano solo in the finale sets a Wunderhorn poem describing heaven as a child imagines it.

• Herreweghe / Ensemble Musique Oblique

  Reference

  Harmonia Mundi · 1994

  Stein made this arrangement for Schoenberg's Society for Private Musical Performances. Reduced to a dozen or so players, the counterpoint Mahler wrote becomes audible for the first time.