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Beethoven & Berg: Violin Concertos
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Isabelle Faust (violin)
Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
listening to these wonderful performances side by side is cathartic...The journey is vividly delineated from the outset of the Berg. With Abbado drawing sonorities from his first-rate orchestra,... — More…
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Berg: Wozzeck
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Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Brandon Jovanovich (Drum Major), Mauro Peter (Andres), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Captain), Lars Woldt (Doctor) & Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)
Chor der Oper Zurich & Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Andreas Homoki (stage director)
While the Lieder-like beauty of Gerhaher’s singing Is matchless – he can act too – this is no star vehicle. It is ensemble work of the highest order…the relationships are brilliantly drawn, and... — More…
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Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
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& Solo Piano Music from the 2nd Viennese School
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Uchida's distinctive musical personality and outstanding technique make her Schoenberg, Berg and Webern well worth hearing, however many other version of these works you have in your collection.... — More…
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Berg: Lulu
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Teresa Stratas (Lulu), Yvonne Minton (Gräfin Geschwitz), Franz Mazura (Dr Schön), Kenneth Riegel (Alwa), Toni Blankenheim (Schigolch/Der Medizinalrat/Ein Polizeikommissär), Robert Tear (Der Maler/Der Neger)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, Pierre Boulez
Boulez's intelligently authoritative conducting and Teresa Stratas's stunning performance in the title role prove to be an unbeatable combination. — More…
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Berg: Wozzeck
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Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Brandon Jovanovich (Drum Major), Mauro Peter (Andres), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Captain), Lars Woldt (Doctor) & Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)
Chor der Oper Zurich & Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Andreas Homoki (stage director)
While the Lieder-like beauty of Gerhaher’s singing Is matchless – he can act too – this is no star vehicle. It is ensemble work of the highest order…the relationships are brilliantly drawn, and... — More…
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Berg: Violin Concerto & Lyric Suite
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Louis Krasner, Galimir String Quartet
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Anton Webern
The strong emotions that soloist and conductor doubtless felt within six months of the composer's death ensure that there is more than enough raw and authentic feeling to counter any purely technical... — More…
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Berg: Lulu
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Christine Schäfer (Lulu), Kathryn Harries (Gräfin Geschwitz), Wolfgang Schöne (Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper), David Kuebler (Alwa), Patricia Bardon (Dresser/Gymnast/Groom)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis
Warner has reissued Glyndebourne's 1996 staging of all three acts of Lulu, a much-lauded affair that won the Gramophone Award for Best Video in 1997. Graham Vick's direction is admirable not... — More…
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The Second Viennese School
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Schoenberg, Berg & Webern
Karita Mattila (Tove), Anne Sofie von Otter (Waldtaube), Thomas Moser (Waldemar), Philip Langridge (Klaus-Narr), Thomas Quasthoff (Bauer/Sprecher), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Franz Mazura (narrator)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig,...
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Schoenberg, Berg & Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Quatuor Diotima
The extreme refinement and minutely focused intensity, in recordings to match, make the Webern a singularly beautiful, if somewhat unsettling experience. — More…
