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Title: This CD contains the answer as to why Schoenberg went atonal
Review: Listen to the Dminor Quartet. Then you realize Schoenberg had not the talent or genius to compete with the likes of Debussy or Strauss or Schreker or Mahler. And then you know why he went atonal in the later works. To arouse incomprehension and awe in anyone who would listen. And, when rejected, as he was for the most part in his tonal music anyway, he could hide behind the curtain of complexity and strangeness, and complain of the public's lack of understanding. Ah, we see now that Schoenberg consciously maneuvered himself into position as the misunderstood "genius". Who could say otherwise? With his relentless self-promotion, he could throw dirt on manuscript paper and cry foul when the public was too "stupid" to recognize his greatness. Poor Schoenberg. Poor 20th Century. Let us hope for a better century ahead. No more Schoenbergs!
