Most Underrated Schoenberg Work

[Karl Henning]

I think the Lincoln Portrait is the exception. It's had such a glorious history of celebrity narrators; I do believe it's not fully appreciated for its musical quality due to the narration.

Right ... it's become something of a Celebrity Vehicle.

To your initial point (and exulting in the tangent), Stravinsky's Perséphone!

[EigenUser]

I'll go with A Survivor of Warsaw. Narrated pieces typically get short shrift, but it's a fine work...

I like that one a lot, actually.

[Rons_talking]

Right ... it's become something of a Celebrity Vehicle.

To your initial point (and exulting in the tangent), Stravinsky's Persephone!

Persephone is the best example I can imagine! Great music. Some of Stravinsky's finest of the era. Yet the flow is interrupted by the narrative (IMO). That one really frustrates me...