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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...

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: 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...