Yuja Wang performs Schoenberg’s Suite pour piano op 25

Perfoirmed in Paris 2022 Arnold Schoenberg’s Suite for Piano (German: Suite für Klavier), Op. 25, is a 12-tone piece for piano composed between 1921 and 1923. The work is the earliest in which Schoenberg employs a row of 12 tones in every movement: The basic tone row of the suite consists of the following pitches: E–F–G–D♭–G♭–E♭–A♭–D–B–C–A–B♭. In form and style, the work echoes many features of the Baroque suite. There are six movements: Präludium (1921) Gavotte (1923) Musette (1923) Intermezzo (1921–1923) Menuett. Trio (1923) Gigue (1923)