Berg, Alban > Mezzo Soprano

Fruh: Berg, Schonberg, Webern / Marianne Kielland, mezzo-soprano; Nils Mortensen, piano

1 CD / Lawo Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Alban Berg: Fraue, Du Süsse, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder"); Über den Berg, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder"); Tiefe Sehnsucht, duet for voices & piano (from "Jugen...
Performers: Kielland, Marianne Beate; Mortensen, Nils Anders

Berg, Webern, and Schönberg all inhabited a borderland between tonality and atonality. This CD from LAWO Classics is entitled Früh because the works date from...continue...
Recording information: Lofotkatedralen, Kabelvåg (06/02/2011-06/04/2011)....continue...

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 / 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...

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: 3 Orchester Stücke; Strauss

1 CD / PentaTone Classics / 2009-11-17

Works: Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Altenberg Lieder (5), Op. 4; Early Songs (7); Johann Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333
Performers: Iven, Christiane
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc

C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos / Michiko Takahashi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

14 CD / RCO Live / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra; Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 5, Op. 50; Luigi Dallapiccola: Commiat...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Devos, Lode; Dorow, Dorothy; Hargan, Alison; Herbers, Werner; Kilduff, Barbara; Kim, Yong-Hee; Lewis, Keith; Meel, Nico van der; Olof, Theo; Oosterkamp, Wou...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kondrashin, Kirill; Vis, Lucas; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Davis, Colin; Järvi, Neeme; Dorati, Antal; Cerha, Friedrich; B...

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a transcription in sound of the concert-giving history of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, based upon radio recordings from...continue...

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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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...

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
Countr...continue...

Schubert, Berg, Wolf: Lieder / Stotijn, Breinl

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2006-04-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Im Walde, D 708 "Waldesnacht"; An den Mond, D 193/Op 57 no 3; Nachtstück, D 672; Der Zwerg, D 771/Op. 22 no 1; Abendstern, D 806; Auflösung, D 807; Nacht und Träume, D ...
Performers: Breinl, Joseph; Stotijn, Christianne

Onyx Classics is proud to present the debut solo recording by a rising star in the vocal world- Dutch mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn. "Essential listening...the best...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...

Wien 1900 / Pierre-Alain Monot, et al

1 CD / Claves / 2004-09-01

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder; Orchestral Songs (6), Op. 8; Orchestral Songs (6) for Soprano and Orchestra, Op. 8; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Gesänge (6), Op. 13; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Gus...
Performers: Wesseling, Maria Riccarda
Conductors: Monot, Pierre-Alain
Ensemble: Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

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: 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

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

Ausgewählte Lieder / Christa Ludwig, Erik Werba

1 CD / Orfeo / 1993-07-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Rückert Lieder (5); Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Songs (7) for voice & piano, Op. 95; Songs (4) for vo...
Performers: Ludwig, Christa; Werba, Erik [Piano]

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...