Berg, Alban > Opera/Operetta

Alban Berg: Wozzeck / Grundheber, Meier, Clark, von Kannen, Wottrich, Vogel, Trekel, Schaechter. Barenboim [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Baker, Mark; Clark, Graham; Grundheber, Franz; Meier, Waltraud; Menzel, Peter; Schaechter, Dalia; Trekel, Roman; Vogel, Siegfried; von Kannen, Gunter; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsoper Berlin

Berg is recasting Buchner's fragmentary drama in the form of three self-contained acts by drawing on existing musical genres and traditional styles, by quoting various...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Alban Berg: Wozzeck. Georg Nigl, Mardi Byers, Paster; Migunov; Tcherniako. Bolshoi Theatre Orch. & Chorus, Teodor Currentzis [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-10-30

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7
Performers: Byers, Mardi; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Currentzis, Teodor
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Chorus; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi Opera presented Alban Berg's masterpiece Wozzeck. This bold, sensitive, and truly historic production by...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Time Traveller: Weimar Germany

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 1 with Finale, for 12 solo instruments, Op. 24 no 1; Kammermusik no 2, for 12 solo instruments, Op. 36 no 1; Kurt Weill: Alabama Song, for voice & orchestra (from "Aufs...
Performers: Archer, Robyn; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Vogt, Lars
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Muldowney, Dominic; Klemperer, Otto; Welser-Möst, Franz; Metzmacher, Ingo; Bertini, Gary; Jansons, Mariss

Famed for its divine decadence, explosive politics, rampant inflation and feverish creativity. Germany's Weimar Republic - born in the wake of World War I -...continue...

Berg: Wozzeck; Schoenberg: Erwartung / Waechter, Silja, Winkler

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Arnold Schoenberg: Erwartung, Op. 17
Performers: Silja, Anja; Wachter, Eberhard; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Cult Operas of the 1970s: Mozart; Beethoven; Weber; etc. / Hamburg State Opera [10 DVD]

11 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der F...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlin, Cvetka; Blankenburg, Heinz; Blankenburg, Heinz Horst; Blankenheim, Toni; Boese, Ursula; Cassilly, Richard; Deutekom, Christina; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fliether, Herbert; Flores...
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Stein, Horst; Ludwig, Leopold; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Janowski, Marek; Maderna, Bruno; Kuntzsch, Matthias
Ensemble: Hamburg State Opera Chorus; Hamburg State Opera Orchestra; NDR Children's Chorus

This DVD box set contains ten historical studio productions from the Hamburg State Opera....continue...
Run Time: 1320 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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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; ...

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

Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

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

Alban Berg: Wozzeck / Maderna/Hamburg Phil. State Orch., Blankenheim, Sotin, Moll, Jurinac [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-04-24

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Cassilly, Richard; Grundheber, Franz; Haage, Peter; Jurinac, Sena; Marschner, Kurt; Moll, Kurt; Sotin, Hans; Steiner, Elisabeth; Unger, Gerhard
Conductors: Maderna, Bruno
Ensemble: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra; Hamburg State Opera Chorus

"Liebermann could not have picked a better conductor for the job. Bruno Maderna's studies with Hermann Scherchen, his uneasy blood-brotherhood with Boulez and the Darmstadt...continue...
Run Time: 106 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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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

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...

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...

Opera / Yvar Mikhashoff

2 CD / Mode Records / 2006-02-07

Works: Yvar Mikhashoff: Trittico Fantasy (Fantasia on Themes from Puccini's Il Trittico), for piano; Portrait of Madame Butterfly (Operatic Sonata-Fantasy on Themes of Puccini), for piano; Vincenzo Bellini:...
Performers: Mikhashoff, Yvar

These transcriptions, paraphrases and fantasies from the music of Verdi, Puccini, Bellini, Debussy, Berg, Bussotti and Volans present a major body of attractive, important new...continue...

The Artistry of Ralph McLane - Beethoven, Berg, Brahms

1 CD / Boston Records / 2005-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Alban Berg...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Elman, Mischa; Levant, Oscar [Piano]; McLane, Ralph

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...

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

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

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...

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 / Maderna, Steingruber, Rehfuss, Zareska, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Colombo, Scipio; Delorko, Ratko; Frascati, Tommaso; Loomis, James; Lopatto, Dimitri; Rehfuss, Heinz; Ribacchi, Luisa; Ruesche, Kurt; Steingruber, Ilona; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Maderna, Bruno
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Berg died before completing his second opera (after Wozzeck), and for decades it was performed with the story of the third act mimed to music...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

Marilyn Horne - Bach, Handel, Wagner, Berlioz, Berg, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Rodelinda; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ah, Perfido!, Op. ...
Performers: Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Lewis, Henry; Leinsdorf, Erich; Foss, Lukas [Composer]

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: Lulu / Schirmer, Hauman, Danish National RSO

3 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-07-15

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Adam, Theo; Byriel, Sten; Cold, Ulrik; Elmark, Susanne; Hauman, Constance; Henning-Jensen, Gert; Hoffmeyer, Stig; Jaffe, Monte; Juon, Julia; Larsen, Morten Frank; Ranada, Helene; Straka, Peter; Viklu...
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

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...