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Gustav Klimt: - Music of his Era from the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 19th century - works by Berg, Brahms, Wolf, Webern, Sieher et al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc

This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...

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...

James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years At The Met

193 CD / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera; Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; John Harbison: The Gr...
Performers: Adams, Warren; Baker, Matt; Baker, Matt [Photography]; Bjorneboe, Andreas; Cardoso, Simone; Davis, Brian [Vocals]; Flair, Nicholas; Fracker, Richard; Gallo, Sarah Weber; Greenlaw, Ian; Guyer, Joyce; ...
Conductors: Levine, James

The Met Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of James Levine’s Company Debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met: a Box Set of 32...continue...

Berg: Wozzeck / Rattle

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Lulu-Suite, 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano & orchestra ("Lulu-Symphonie"); Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Vocal], Chris Merritt [Tenor
Conductors: Metzmacher, Ingo; Rattle, Simon, Sir

International Record Review
The advantages of hearing this opera live are demonstrated very effectively through Bo Skovhus's intense and theatrical account of the title-role, with Angela...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...

Transcriptions - Barber, Mahler, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Wolf, Berg, etc / Equilbey, Accentus

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3; Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or orchestra) (Lie...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Boucard, Celine; Champion, Romain; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Corbel, Pierre; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Padaut, Catherine
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus; Accentus Chamber Choir; Les monts du Reuil

Salomix-max - Voice without limits / Salome Kammer

1 CD / Wergo / 2008-10-14

Works: Cole Porter: Leave it to me; Luciano Berio: Sequenza III for Female Voice solo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Alte, K 517; Johann Valentin Görner: Die Alte; Carola Bauckholt: Emil; Tarquinio Meru...
Performers: Fuchs, Bettina; Kammer, Salome; Reiter, Mark [Accordion]; Riessler, Michael; Spring, Rudi

Not unlike her musical inspiration, the great Cathy Berberian, Salome Kammer is an artist who exploits the entire spectrum of the human voice. She moves...continue...

Schubert: Symphony no 9 D 944; Berg, Beethoven / Kupper, Kleiber, Cologne RSO

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2008-09-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Kupper, Annelies
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Choir Boys

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; ...

Hugo Wolf: Recital / Hanne-Lore Kuhse, Helmut Oertel

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch I; Morgentau ("Der Frühhauch hat gefächelt"), song for voice & piano (Lieder für eine Frauenstimme); Goethe Lieder; Bedeckt mich mit Blumen (no 26 o...
Performers: Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Oertel, Helmut

The late German soprano Hanne-Lore Kuhse was a member of Berlin State Opera since 1964. Her repertoire included virtually all the dramatic Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi,...continue...

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, 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

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...

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...

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

Transcriptions Vol 1 / Laurence Equilbey, Accentus

1 CD / Naïve / 2003-08-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach; Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 6 in E flat minor, Op. 10/...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Costes, Pascale; Jeannot, Pierre; Kern, Nicolas; Lombard, Francois
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir

"Some discs are simply so beautiful that it's almost painful to talk about them when you could be listening instead. This is one." - Classicstoday.com...continue...
Recording information: L'Arsenal, Metz, France (02/2001)....continue...

Berg: Wozzeck / Segerstam, Falkman, Dalayman, Qvale

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Dalayman, Katarina; Eklof, Marianne; Eliasson, Ola; Falkman, Carl Johan; Hedlund, Klas; Quale, Ulrik; Stregard, Lennart; Wahlund, Sten
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra

Perhaps the only atonal opera to keep a place in regular repertiore, Berg's 'Wozzeck' is a remarkable study of victimization, despair and madness. Immensely powerful...continue...

Berg: Lulu / Boulez, Stratas, Minton, Schwarz, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2001-09-11

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Doukan, Pierre; Mazura, Franz; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Nienstedt, Gerd; Pampuch, Helmut; Pludermacher, Georges [Piano]; Riegel, Kenneth; Schwarz, Hanna; Stratas, Teresa; T...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Paris Opéra Orchestra

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

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-03-06

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

Wozzeck is considered by many the greatest 20th-century opera, and this great performance is the first for the Opera d'Oro catalog. It is also the...continue...

Berg: 7 Early Songs, Der Wein / Lövaas, Hass, Marshall, etc.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1993-04-01

Works: Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Songs (4), Op. 2; An Leukon; Der Wein
Performers: Hass, Sabine; Lovaas, Kari; Marshall, Margaret
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Berg: Wozzeck / Abbado, Grundheber, Behrens, Langridge et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1989-02-13

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Gonda, Anna; Grundheber, Franz; Haugland, Aage; Jelosits, Peter; Kamenik, Werner; Langridge, Philip; Lehner, Viktoria; Maly, Alexander; Raffeiner, Walter; Sramek, Alfred; Zednik, ...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"...one is aware that this is a genuine performance, not a studio replica of one...I would choose Abbado almost unhesitatingly." -Gramophone...continue...