Berg, Alban > Soprano

The RIAS Second Viennese School Project / Schönberg, Berg, Webern, Strauss

4 CD / Audite / 2012-11-13

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47; Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15; De profundis, O...
Performers: Andersen, Diane; Bastiaan, Hans; Billing, Klaus; Broddack, Lothar; Burkner, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Doberitz, Ernst [Viola]; Gertler, Andre; Geuser, Heinrich; Hammermeister, Emil [Harmonium]; Haupt, ...
Conductors: Rufer, Josef; Fricsay, Ferenc; Zillig, Winfried; Rother, Artur; Maderna, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin RIAS Chamber Ensemble

This 4-CD box set presents historic recordings of works by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern in the era of their composition. Each recording, made between 1949...continue...
Recording information: Berlin (1949-1965)....continue...

Open Your Eyes / Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg / Katherine Broderick, soprano; Malcom Martineau, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Songs (8) from "Letzte Blätter" for voice & piano, Op. 10 (TrV 141); Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Arnold Schoenberg: Brettl-Lieder
Performers: Broderick, Katherine; Martineau, Malcolm

Soprano Katherine Broderick, along with pianist Malcolm Martineau, presents a recital of ripely romantic and lyrical songs and cabaret humor from the turn of the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (04/01/2011-04/04/2011)....continue...

Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011 - Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Berg: Lulu Suite; Der Wein / Boulez - Vienna Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-06-26

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu-Suite; Der Wein; Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied
Performers: Botha, Johan; Larsson, Anna; Prohaska, Anna; Roeschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The opening concert of the Salzburg Festival, for many regarded as the world's most renowned music festival, is by tradition a high-profile event and the...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: HD DVD, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.0
Subtitles: EN,FR,DE,ES,JAP,KR,CH
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011 - Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Berg: Lulu Suite; Der Wein / Boulez - Vienna Philharmonic [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-06-26

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu-Suite; Der Wein; Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied
Performers: Botha, Johan; Larsson, Anna; Prohaska, Anna; Roeschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The opening concert of the Salzburg Festival, for many regarded as the world's most renowned music festival, is by tradition a high-profile event and the...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.0
Subtitles: EN,FR,DE,ES,JAP,KR,CH
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Best of Accentus - Choral works by Faure, Haydn, Brahms, Dusapin

5 CD / Naïve / 2012-06-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, s&...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Costes, Pascale; Degout, Stephane; Engerer, Brigitte; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Isshiki, Kaoli; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen)

Under its conductor, Laurence Equilbey, who founded accentus in 1991, the choir is committed to promoting the vocal arts as widely as possible, with more...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Berg: Lulu / Albrecht, Petibon, Breslik, Volle, Grundheber [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-02-28

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu
Performers: Breslik, Pavol; Grundheber, Franz; Petibon, Patricia; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: Salzburg Festival Orchestra

Alban Berg's opera "Lulu" is the story of a lower-class girl who sleeps her way to fame and fortune before losing everything she has and...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: English
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Berg: Lulu / Albrecht, Petibon, Breslik, Volle, Grundheber [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-02-28

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu
Performers: Breslik, Pavol; Grundheber, Franz; Petibon, Patricia; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: Salzburg Festival Orchestra

Alban Berg's opera "Lulu" is the story of a lower-class girl who sleeps her way to fame and fortune before losing everything she has and...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: English
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Berg: Lulu / Boder, Petibon, Juon, Holland, Groves [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-21

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Holland, Ashley; Juon, Julia; Petibon, Patricia
Conductors: Boder, Michael
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra

Lulu is opera's rawest exposition of the fatal risks of untamed erotic power. No man who meets Lulu does not want her - but, like...continue...

Berg: Lulu / Levine/Met, Migenes, Lear, Riegel [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-08-16

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Lear, Evelyn; Little, Frank; Mazura, Franz; Migenes, Julia; Riegel, Kenneth
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 234 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Berg: Lulu / Wesler-Most/Zurich Opera, Aikin, Kallisch [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-05-31

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu
Performers: Aikin, Laura; Kallisch, Cornelia; Muff, Alfred; Straka, Peter
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

When Lulu premiered in Zurich in 1937 it immediately created a scandal. The sexually explicit topic and dubious characters of the drama barely cause a...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

20th Century Classics: Berg - Violin Concerto, Etc.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Lulu-Suite, 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano & orchestra ("Lulu-Symphonie"); Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; String Quartet, Op...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bundgaard, Sine; Donohoe, Peter; Zimmermann, Frank Peter
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Metzmacher, Ingo; Pintscher, Matthias

Ablösung

1 CD / Gallo / 2011-01-11

Works: Viktor Ullmann: Wo hast du all die Schönheit, for voice & piano (Liebeslieder no 1), Op. 18/1; Am klavier, for voice & piano (Liebeslieder no 2), Op. 18/2; Sturmlied, for voice & piano (Liebesli...
Performers: Fuchs, Barbara; Polgar, Judit

The lyrics of the Lieder recorded on this CD range from a fantastic desire to spin tales to a longing for death; they are representative...continue...
Recording information: Radiostudio Zürich....continue...

Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

Music by Berg, Scelsi, Ali-Zadeh & Finne

1 CD / Labor / 2010-10-26

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Four poems for piano; Alban Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 2; Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Sonata for Piano no 1; Ross Lee Finney: Variations on a Theme by Al...
Performers: Dix, Marjorie; Jokubaviciute, Ieva; Valjarevic, Vladimir

"...the superb Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute has assembled a rewarding program that takes its point of departure from Berg's early 1908 Piano Sonata and Four...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Rosen House, Caramoor Center for Music and (01/2009)....continue...

Schumann, Wolf, Berg, Strauss: Songs

1 CD / Telos / 2010-10-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch I; Du denkst mit einem Fädchen, song for voice & piano (Italienisches Liederbuch); Du sagst mir, dass ich kein...
Performers: Ehwald, Natalia; Kessler, Astrid

Recording information: Telos Studios (04/2010-05/2010)....continue...

Berg: Lulu / Adam, Soffel

2 CD / Oehms / 2010-08-31

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Adam, Theo; Cesare, Ezio di; Efraty, Anat; Kennedy, Roderick [Bass Vocals]; Linn, Jurgen; Minarelli, Monica; Pia, Claude; Schwanbeck, Bodo; Soffel, Doris; Storey, Ian; Waller, Adalbert
Conductors: Reck, Stefan Anton

Recording information: Teatro Massimo, Palermo (01/2001)....continue...

Berg: Lulu / Pappano/Royal Opera, Eichenholz, Volle, Vogt, Larmore [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-07-27

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu
Performers: Eichenholz, Agneta; Hartmann, Will; Howell, Gwynne; Langridge, Philip; Larmore, Jennifer; Rose, Peter [bass voice]; Shipp, Heather; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Volle, Michael; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Berg's masterful and thought-provoking opera tells the gripping story of the rise and fall of an alluring, destructive but vulnerable woman, culminating in her death...continue...
Run Time: 205 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Berg: Lulu / Pappano/Royal Opera, Eichenholz, Volle, Vogt, Larmore [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-07-27

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu
Performers: Eichenholz, Agneta; Hartmann, Will; Howell, Gwynne; Langridge, Philip; Larmore, Jennifer; Rose, Peter [bass voice]; Shipp, Heather; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Volle, Michael; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Berg's masterful and thought-provoking opera tells the gripping story of the rise and fall of an alluring, destructive but vulnerable woman, culminating in her death...continue...
Run Time: 205 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Britten: Les Illuminations; War Requiem

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-07-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; War Requiem, Op. 66; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7)
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Harper, Heather; Hemsley, Thomas; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Even though Ansermet was a great fan of Britten, he was never able to record his works because of their recording contracts with Decca. This...continue...
Recording information: RSR Genève....continue...

Berg: Wozzeck / Abbado, Grundheber, Behrens, Raffeiner [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-06-29

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Grundheber, Franz; Haugland, Aage; Langridge, Philip; Raffeiner, Walter; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Claudio Abbado conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera in a powerful recording of Alban Berg's influential opera, 'Wozzeck', a terrifyingly great...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English
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A Portrait of Hermann Uhde

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Alban Berg: Wozzeck; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Gehl, Hans [Piano]; Greindl, Josef; Hines, Jerome [Bass Vocal]; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Steber, Eleanor; Uhde, Hermann; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Eckner, H.; Cleva, Fausto; Kempe, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Hollreiser, Heinrich

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Schoenberg: String Quartet Op 10 no 2, etc / Christine Schäfer, Petersen Quartet

1 CD / Phoenix Edition / 2008-09-30

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78; Alban Berg: Lyric Suite for Soprano and String Quartet
Performers: Schäfer, Christine

Masterworks - Verdi, Bach, et al / Glenn Gould, Maureen Forrester, Teresa Stratas, Oscar Peterson

2 CD / Gala / 2008-08-12

Works: Hattie Mae Butterfield: When you and I were young, Maggie; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 998; Goldberg Variations, for key...
Performers: Art Hallman; Burr, Henry; Burr, Henry [vocals]; Charlebois, Robert; DuBois, Claude; Ferland, Jean-Pierre; Forrester, Maureen; Gould, Glenn; Jobin, Raoul; Koffman, Moe; Mary Bolduc; Pelletier, Wildrid...
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Sebastian, Georges; Walter, Bruno; Boulez, Pierre

This collection of Canadian masterworks is a two-cd set of new restoration and remastering of historical recordings in the fields of pop, jazz, traditional and...continue...

Eterna - Berg: Wozzeck / Kegel, Adam, Schröter, Goldberg

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Adam, Theo; Goldberg, Reiner; Grundei, Frank; Hiestermann, Horst; Klesse, Norbert; Klotz, Helmut; Rupf, Konrad; Schroter, Gisela; Tinschert, Alois; Vahle, Monika; Wlaschiha, Ekkehard; Wollrad, Rolf; ...

Alban Berg: Jugendlieder

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Alban Berg: Wo der Goldregen stedt, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder"); Vorüber, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder"); Schlummerlose Nächte, song for voice & piano (from "...
Performers: Lindqvist, Helene; Vogler, Philipp

Jessye Norman / Jessye Norman: A Portrait / [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-04-22

Works: Franz Schubert: Erlkonig; Richard Strauss: Zueignung; Beim Schlafengehn - Richard Strauss; Marseillaise; Great Day (Spiritual); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), o...
Performers: Norman, Jessye

An intimate and in-depth portrait of one of the world's greatest sopranos, a true 'primadonna assoluta'! Yves Saint Laurent's garden paradise in Marrakech provides the...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Triples - Berg: Lulu / Tate, Wise, Fassbaender, Schöne, Hotter

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Bakow, Boris; Clarey, Cynthia; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Dudziak, Francis; Estourelle, Catherine; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gutstein, Ernst; Hennequin, Herve; Hotter, Hans; Kale, Stu...
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: French National Orchestra

Berg: Wozzeck / Weigle/Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-11-20

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7
Performers: Delamboye, Hubert; Denoke, Angela; Goldberg, Reiner; Hawlata, Franz; Tierney, Vivian; Tilli, Johann
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu; Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu

Calixto Bieito’s controversial but visually stunning production of 'Wozzeck' is set in a grisly, chaotic, post-industrial maze, giving a contemporary edge to the disturbing and...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Spain
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Berg: Wozzeck, etc / Sanzogno, Gobi, Picchi, Cuenod, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2007-06-02

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Cuenod, Hugues; Dow, Dorothy; Gobbi, Tito; Lopatto, Dimitri; Mandalari, Maria Teresa; Monteanu, Petre; Pandano, Vittorio; Pergola, Luciano della; Picchi, Mirto; Soley, Tommaso; Sziget...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Mitropoulos, Dimitri

Gemini - Alban Berg - A Portrait / Rattle, Metzmacher, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-24

Works: Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Concerto for Violin; Lulu-Suite, 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano & orchestra ("Lulu-Symphonie"); Early Songs (7); Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; P...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bundgaard, Sine; Donohoe, Peter; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Vogt, Lars; Zimmermann, Frank Peter
Conductors: Metzmacher, Ingo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Pintscher, Matthias
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Danish Radio Sinfonietta; Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Music of Second Viennese School - Berg, Webern, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-03-27

Works: Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Lyric Suite, for orchestra (arr. from Nos.2-4 of string quartet version); Anton Webern: Variations for orchestra, Op. 30; Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F...
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

The music of the second Viennese School is considered the jumping off point of modern music. Arnold Schoenberg and his proteges Anton Webern and Alban...continue...

Music of Second Viennese School - Berg, Webern, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-03-27

Works: Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Lyric Suite, for orchestra (arr. from Nos.2-4 of string quartet version); Anton Webern: Variations for orchestra, Op. 30; Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F...
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

Sibelius, Strauss, Berg: Songs / Isokoski, et al

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2006-11-21

Works: Jean Sibelius: Runeberg Songs (7), Op. 13; Dragon-Fly (En slända), song for voice & piano, Op. 17/5; Songs (7), Op. 17; The Flower of Friendship (Vänskapens blomma), song for voice & piano,...
Performers: Isokoski, Soile; Viitasalo, Marita

"This BBC lunchtime recital effectively combines the native and foreign talents of a singer whose technique and intelligence have shone brightly on opera and concert...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Berg: Lulu, Wozzeck / Karl Böhm, Lear, Fischer-Dieskau

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Lulu, opera; Lulu-Suite, 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano & orchestra ("Lulu-Symphonie")
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Clam, Leopold; Dicks, William Walther; Driscoll, Loren; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Grobe, Donald; Johnson, Patricia [vocals]; Koffmane, Rober...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

Though initially believed to be very risky undertakings, these classic recordings of Wozzeck and Lulu and have been staples in Deutsche Grammophon's catalogue ever since...continue...

Festspieldokumente - Strauss, etc / Damrau, Lademann

1 CD / Orfeo / 2006-05-26

Works: Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Gustav Mahler: Das himmlische Leben, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Waltz Songs on Tuscan Folk Lyrics, for voice &...
Performers: Damrau, Diana; Lademann, Stephan Matthias

Opera in English - Berg: Lulu / Daniel, Saffer, Perry, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-03-21

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Begley, Roger; Burford, Anna; Danby, Graeme; Graham-Hall, John; Harris, Moira; Hayward, Robert; Howell, Gwynne; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Mitcher, Claire; Napier-Burrows, Paul; Oke, Alan; Parry, Su...
Conductors: Daniel, Paul

"For listeners who don't understand German, the complicated, often mysterious goings-on in this work (it's based on two plays by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind,...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Abbado, Fleming, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Braunstein, Guy; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Claudio Abbado reunites with the Berlin Philharmonic to present Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Berg's Seen Early Songs, featuring 'America's Most Beautiful Voice', soprano Renee...continue...

Berg: Wozzeck / Böhm, Evans, Silja, Uhl, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-11-15

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Driscoll, Laurent; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Hirte, Klaus; Jahn, Gertrude; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kraemmer, Hans; Melchert, Helmut; Ree, Jan Van; Silja, Anja; Uhl, Fritz
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

"Geraint Evan's Wozzeck is a powerful, tragic presence... Balancing clarity and madness, power and impotence, nobility and crudeness, it is one of the great portrayals...continue...

Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony; Berg / Gielen, Johnson, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-10-11

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie for soprano, baritone & orchestra, Op. 18; Alban Berg: Lyric Suite, for orchestra (arr. from Nos.2-4 of string quartet version); Altenberg Lieder (5), Op. 4
Performers: Johnson, James; Orsanic, Vlatka
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Orchestra

"Soprano Vlatka Orsanic and baritone James Johnson are rapturous, dramatic, and fiercely passionate in their performances, which may remind listeners in places of operatic singing...continue...

Wiener Opernfest 1955 Highlights

3 CD / Orfeo / 2005-10-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Rich...
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Berta Seidl; Boesch, Ruthilde; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Buchbauer, Alois; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dickie, Murray; Edith Preisner...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Kubelik, Rafael; Reiner, Fritz; Knappertsbusch, Hans

Liszt, Strauss, Berg: Lieder / Urmana, Schulze

1 CD / Farao Classics / 2005-09-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Songs (3) from William Tell, S 292; Die Fischertochter, S 325; Und sprich "Sich auf dem Meer"; Richard Strauss: Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (2), Op. 26; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (5), Op...
Performers: Schulze, Jan Philip; Urmana, Violeta

Violeta Urmana's beautiful voice and powerfully expressive singing enliven this well-planned lieder recital on Farao. At various points in their careers, each of the represented...continue...

OSR Memories - Berg / Ansermet, Menuhin, Danco, et al

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Bruchstücke (3) aus "Wozzeck"; Pieces (3) for Orchestra, Op. 6
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Berg, Webern, Ran: Songs, Chamber Music / Ragains, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2004-11-06

Works: Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Pieces (4) for clarinet & piano, Op. 5; Anton Webern: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 12; Quartet for clarinet, saxophone, piano & violin, Op. 22; Canons (5) on Latin Te...
Performers: Baker, Linda; Fivecoate, David; Goldenberg, William; Ragains, Diane; Tacke, Mathias; Warner, Melvin

Opera Arias / Evelyn Lear, et al

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2004-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Richard Strauss: Der Rosen...
Performers: Lear, Evelyn
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Maazel, Lorin; Kunsche, Mathias; Kleiber, Carlos; Szimandi, Istvan; Patanè, Giuseppe; Leinsdorf, Erich; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Budapest Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Salzburg F...

Alban Berg Collection / Barenboim, Behrens, Mutter, Kremer

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-03-09

Works: Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Lyric Suite, for orchestra (arr. from Nos.2-4 of string quartet version); Concerto for Violin; Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Winds; Sonata for...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Blankenheim, Toni; Boese, Ursula; Doukan, Pierre; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Forsberg, Bengt; Gonda, Anna; Gru...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Levine, James; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble InterContemporain; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City of Birmingham

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-06-10

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Anton Webern: Pieces (6) for orchestra, Op. 6; Alban Berg: Lulu-Suite, 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano & orchestra ("Lulu-Symphonie")
Performers: Augér, Arleen
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Opera in English - Berg: Wozzeck / Daniel, Shore, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Barstow, Josephine; Bayley, Clive; Bronder, Peter; Flanagan, Leslie John; Graham-Hall, John; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Paterson, Iain; Rigby, Jean; Shore, Andrew; Woodrow, Alan
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"[This] recording manages to create the impression of theatre conditions with the added benefit of presenting a more natural balance between singers and orchestra than...continue...