Alban Berg
Born: 9th February 1885, Vienna, Austria
Died: 24th December 1935, Vienna, Austria
Nationality: Austrian
Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively small oeuvre, he is remembered as one of the most important composers of the 20th century for his expressive style encompassing "entire worlds of emotion and structure".
Berg was born and lived in Vienna. He began to compose at the age of fifteen.
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Leonskaja celebrates the Second Viennese School
27th Sep 2024
Elisabeth Leonskaja's persuasive and engaging recital of piano works that are often misunderstood is an essential listen, whether mention of the Second Viennese School excites you or normally sends you running for the hills.
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A fin-de-siècle voyage with Barbara Hannigan and the Emerson String Quartet
8th Sep 2023
The quartet - joined by Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou - go out on a high after nearly fifty years of music-making, with a programme of early twentieth-century works themed around journeying and longing.
Popular Genres: Berg
Popular Works: Berg
- 3 Wozzeck-Fragments (7)
- 5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 (22)
- Adagio - 2nd movement of the Chamber Concert (9)
- An Leukon (8)
- Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (36)
- Der Wein (17)
- Die Nachtigall (25)
- Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6 (38)
- Er klagt, daß der Frühling so kurz blüht (6)
- Erster Verlust (4)
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (3)
- Ferne Lieder (6)
- Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (41)
- Fraue, du Süsse (4)
- Grabschrift (4)
- Ich will die Fluren meiden (4)
- Im Zimmer (7)
- Jugendlieder (10)
- Lulu (18)
- Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchestra (37)
- Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926) (38)
- Lyric Suite - for soprano and string quartet (6)
- Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928) (34)
- Mignon (6)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (136)
- Regen (3)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (11)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1907 version) (10)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1925 version) (15)
- Sehnsucht I (4)
- Sieben frühe Lieder (80)
- Sommertage (4)
- Spaziergang (4)
- String Quartet, Op. 3 (38)
- Traumgekrönt (4)
- Über den Bergen (4)
- Variations (12) on an Original Theme (1908) (3)
- Vier Lieder, Op. 2 (29)
- Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935) (100)
- Wozzeck (30)
Recent Best Sellers: Berg
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Beethoven & Berg: Violin Concertos
Isabelle Faust (violin) Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th February 2012
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Disc of the Month
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Concerto
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Special offer. Vienna - Fin de Siècle
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Reinbert De Leeuw (piano)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Vocal or Choral
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Special offer. Clair-Obscur | Strauss - Berg - Zemlinsky
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, Jean-François Verdier
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th March 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Berg: Violin Concerto, Three Pieces for Orchestra
James Ehnes (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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New. Of Love and Transience
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New. Alban Berg: Wozzeck - Erich Kleiber / Covent Garden Opera 1953
Erich Kleiber & Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus, Erich Kleiber, Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus, Jess Walters (baritone)
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