Berg: Violin Concerto, Lyric & Lulu Suites, Piano Sonata Op.1, etc. [Import]

Track Listings

1. Violin Concerto "To The Memory Of An Angel" Andante Allegretto

2. Violin Concerto "To The Memory Of An Angel" Allegro Adagio

3. Three Orchestral Pieces, Op.6 Praludium

4. Three Orchestral Pieces, Op.6 Reigen

5. Three Orchestral Pieces, Op.6 Marsch

6. Piano Sonata, Op.1

7. Three Pieces From The Lyric Suite For String Orchestra Andante Amoroso

8. Three Pieces From The Lyric Suite For String Orchestra Allegro Misterioso

9. Three Pieces From The Lyric Suite For String Orchestra Adagio Appassionato

10. Lulu Suite: Rondo

11. Lulu Suite: Ostinato

12. Lulu Suite: Lulu's Song

13. Lulu Suite: Variations

14. Lulu Suite: Adagio

15. Wozzeck Three Excerpts: Tschin Bum Madel Was Fangst Du Jetzt An?

16. Wozzeck Three Excerpts: Und Ist Kein Betrug In Seinem Munde Erfunden Worden

17. Wozzeck Three Excerpts: Wozzeck Drowns: Children At Play

18. Funf Orchesterlieder Nach Ansichtskartentexten: Schneesturm

19. Funf Orchesterlieder Nach Ansichtskartentexten: Gewitterregen

20. Funf Orchesterlieder Nach Ansichtskartentexten: Uber Die Grenzen Des All

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous bargain, but Berg needs texts!.......2006-02-05

This is a great set for anyone who wishes to be immersed in Alban Berg's lurid, hothouse, hallucinogenic world. Both performances and sound quality are mostly excellent: No record company has ever made as great a commitment to Berg as Deutsche Grammophon. Based on the performances alone, this deserves six stars.

But the budget price comes with a catch: No texts or librettos. (There are at least scene synopses for "Wozzeck" and "Lulu.") With some composers, this wouldn't be a serious problem, but Berg was one of the greatest control freaks in music history. Without knowing exactly where each word is placed, listeners who don't understand German will miss an important facet of this intricately multi-layered music.

Superb Berg performances ... good value!.......2006-01-05

This might be the best box set I own. First of all you get what is most likely the best available versions of the Violin Concerto,Wozzeck,Lulu (3 act ver.),Lulu suite,7 Early Songs with van Otter,Der Wein and much more. The only real sub-par performance on it is the Piano Sonata op1 with Barenboim which can be found in many other recordings for a decent price. So, if you are new to Berg and you buy this, you are getting really an outstanding set of recordings which are top of the heap with great conductors and orchestras.

Real Estate Saver.......2004-10-04

This little box is an elegant, SPACE-SAVING means of acquiring classic performances (all of them stellar) from the DG catalog of Berg's major works, including two by my adored Lasalle Quartet that I believe have recently gone OOP. The set contains eight CD's housed in somewhat hard-to-remove cardboard sleeves that clearly identify the contents therein, and includes a booklet which, despite not containing lyrics for any of the vocal works, is very informative. The lack of libretti is possibly less an issue in the case of Wozzeck; chances are that listeners already own at least one other recording and so can refer to its libretto. Lulu, however, is more problematic because more listeners probably opt to purchase this "complete/d" performance over all others and may even be purchasing this set on that basis.
Not being particularly fond of lieder in general, I feel less qualified to make an educated call as to who might own which recordings of the songs other than to remark that I already own this recording of Op. 2 (which, of course includes the lyrics). In fact, as is the case with a previous reviewer, I already own a number of recordings from this set (which I received as a gift). No matter, it's still worth owning, and I agree with yet another reviewer's suggestion to grab it while it's available. True, one might prefer different performances here or there but honestly, this affords the best way of acquiring everything in one fell swoop, and there's not a clinker in the whole set.
In that vein, I might suggest that fans of the VC seek out Szeryng's performance with Kubelik, now available remastered on DG Eloquence at budget price. It's much less emotional than Mutter's beautiful reading but I find this proves an enhancement rather than a detraction; I also feel that Kubelik, possibly due to his Austro-Hungarian upbringing, ultimately has a better grasp of this repertoire than Levine (although I love his OOP Lulu Suite/Wozzeck excerpts on Sony and Mahler 4 on RCA).

Best Set; Good Price..........2004-05-11

This is a really nice set at a good price. It features all DG's Berg recordings--which really are about the best around. This "Collectors' Edition" is certain to disappear soon and increase in value.

Excellent collection.......2004-04-06

This is a must have for any collectors, 20th Century Music admirers.

This is 8-CD set and includes the complete works of Berg on acclaimed performances.

Especially, the stars of this set (for me):
Wozzeck (Hildegard Behrens, Wiener Philharmoniker, Abbado)

Lulu, complete opera in 3 act (Teresa Stratas, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Jules Bastin, Robert Tear, Opera National de Paris, Pierre Boulez!!)

Lulu-Suite (London SO, Abbado)

Three Pieces for Orchestra (London SO, Abbado)

Piano Sonata (Daniel Barenboim)

Alban Berg's musical language is difficult to understand (at least in first listening), but when listening more times, we notice that, actually in his music, there is a very mystic or impressive and lyric atmosphere. So, I think that he is a "Romantic" modern. Just, he expressed these lyric atmospheres with realist and striking language. Still, he was used 12-tone system, but he was not forget tonality and used the both styles (even so he used jazz passages, especially in Lulu). In other words: Berg is one of the most famous and important composers and he impressed the composers came after him (ex. Shostakovich, Britten, Henze)

Tracks:

I: Praludium, Langsam - Bamberger Symphoniker
II: Reigen. Anfangs Etwas Zogernd-Leicht Beschwingt - Bamberger Symphoniker
III: Marsch. Massiges Marschtempo - Bamberger Symphoniker
I: Andante-Allegretto - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
II: Allegro-Adagio - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
I: Rondo: Andante Und Hymne - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
II: Ostinato: Allegro - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
III: Lied Der Lulu: Comodo - Arleen Auger
IV: Variationen: Moderato - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
V: Adagio - Arleen Auger

Tracks:

I: Nacht - Matthias Pintscher
II: Schilflied - Matthias Pintscher
III: Die Nachtigall - Matthias Pintscher
IV: Traumgekront - Matthias Pintscher
V: Im Zimmer - Matthias Pintscher
VI: Liebesode - Matthias Pintscher
VII: Sommertage - Matthias Pintscher
Piano Sonata Op.1 - Peter Donohoe
I: Massig - Sabine Meyer
II: Sehr Langsam - Sabine Meyer
III: Sehr Rasch - Sabine Meyer
IV: Langsam - Sabine Meyer
Interlude - Ingo Metzmacher
I: Allegretto Gioviale - Alban Berg Quartett
II: Andante Amoroso - Alban Berg Quartett
III: Allegro Misterioso - Alban Berg Quartett
IV: Adagio Appassionato - Alban Berg Quartett
V: Presto Delirando - Alban Berg Quartett
VI: Largo Desolato - Alban Berg Quartett

Album Description

Specially priced 2-CD set in space-saving brilliant box with accompanying three-language booklet. Digitally remastered to the highest standards at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.

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Berceuse

Manufacturer: Arts Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000005AQ9
Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

Berceuse in D flat Op. 57
Wiegenlied Op. 49, No. 4
Wiegenliedchen Op. 124, No. 6
Wiegenlied Op. 98, No. 2
Berceuse in D Op. 16
Wiegenlied im Sommer
Wiegenlied Op. 67, No. 6
Wiegenlied Op. 105, No. 2
Schlummerlied Op. 124, No. 16
Wiegenlied im Winter
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure
Wiegenlied Op. 41, No. 1
Berceuse in G Op. 38, No. 1
Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito
Berceuse from 'Firebird'
Nana
Jumbo's Lullaby
Schlafen, schlafen Op. 2, No. 1
La Berceuse d'Aitacho Enia Op. 52

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Historical Documents For Specialists & Collectors

In Honor of Rudolf Kolisch

Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program
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ASIN: B000099T1G
Release Date: 2006-01-01

Tracks:

Kolisch Quartet - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt I Massig - Kolisch Quartet
MVT 2 Sehr Rasch - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 3 Litanei Langsam - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 4 Entrueckung - Kolisch Quartet
Schoenberg - Kolisch Quartet

Tracks:

Mvt I Moderato - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 2 Adagio - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 3 Intermezzo, Allegro Moderato - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 4 Rondo, Molto Moderato - Kolisch Quartet
Schoenberg Speaks - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt I Allegro Molto Energico - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 2 Comodo - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 3 Largo - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 4 Allegro - Kolisch Quartet

Tracks:

Mvt 1 Moderato - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 2 Adagio - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 3 Intermezzo - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 4 Rondo, Molto Moderato - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt I Allegro Gioviale - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt Andante Amoroso - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 3 Allegro Misterioso. Trio Estatico - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 4 Adagio Appassionato - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 5 Presto Delirando Tenebroso - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 6 Largo Desolato - Pro Arte Quartet

Tracks:

Mvt 1 Poco Allegro - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 2 Adante Grazioso - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 3 Finale. Allegro - Pro Arte Quartet
Kolisch Interview - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt I Temp Di Ciaccona - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 2 Fuga. Risoluto, Non Troppo Vivo - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 3 Melodia. Adagio - Pro Arte Quartet
Mvt 4 Presto - Pro Arte Quartet

Tracks:

Mvt I Allegro - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 2 Adagio Molto - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 3 Scherzo - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 4 Andante - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 5 Finale. Allegro Vivace - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Schoenberg: Fantasie, Op.47 - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt I Allegro Molto - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 2 Intermezzo. Andantino Grazioso - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 3 Andante Con Moto - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 4 Allegro/ Presto - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin

Tracks:

Mvt I Heftig Bewegt - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 2 Sehr Langsam - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 3 Sehr Bewegt - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 4 Sehr Langsam - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt 5 in Zarter Bewegung - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
I Massig - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
II Leichtbewegt - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
III Ziemlich Fliessend - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
IV Sehr Langsam - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
V Ausserst Langsam - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
VI Fliessend - Pro Arte Quartet Of the University Of Wisconsin
Mvt ! Adagio - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 2 Adagio - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 3 Allegro - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 4 Andante - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 5 Menuetto - Kolisch Quartet
Mvt 6 Andante Molto- Allegro - Kolisch Quartet

Customer Reviews:

Historical Documents For Specialists & Collectors.......2005-06-17

This Music & Arts CD set (6 discs for the price of four) contains what can be rightly regarded as "urtext" performances of Schoenberg, Berg, Webern and Bartok. It is in honor of a modern music pioneer, Rudolph Kolisch (1896-1978), the Austrian violinist whose sister was married to Schoenberg. Due to an accident as a boy that cost him about half the middle finger on his left hand, Kolisch became a violinist who bowed with his left hand and played with his right. Obviously he could not play in an orchestra without inflicting damage, so Kolisch dedicated his career to chamber music, primarily of the New Vienna School.

Amazon has only displayed the musical tracks here without identifying the works. There is so much here that I can only address the contents with brief remarks. Despite extremely variable sound, there are some genuine treasures in this set. They will surely appeal to anyone who is interested in the history of performance practice and in hearing how Kolisch and his associates interpreted these works, several of which they premiered. This set comes with a 47 page booklet that includes an appreciation of Kolisch by pianist Russell Sherman (who studied with Schoenberg pupil Eduard Steuermann), an encylopedic and illuminating essay by Tully Potter on the Kolisch Quartet (and the later Pro Arte Quartet led by Kolisch), and extensive notes on the music itself, much of it written by another Schoenberg pupil (conductor Rene Leibowitz).

CDs 1 & 2 contain the first-ever 1936-37 recordings of Schoenberg's four string quartets (composed 1905, 1908, 1927 & 1936) by the Kolisch Quartet (Rudolf Kolisch, Felix Khuner, Eugen Lehner, and Benar Heifetz, with soprano Clemence Gifford in #2). Included are two brief speeches by Schoenberg. These recordings were sponsored by the wealthy film composer Alfred Newman for the purpose of preserving Schoenberg's works and Kolisch's interpretations for posterity. They were issued on private edition 78 rpm discs, and (not mentioned in the notes) they were briefly available on 4 ALCO LPs in the 1950's. I saw that extremely rare set for the first time recently in San Franciso at a collector shop that has a thriving mail-order business overseas. The asking price: $500! So if the music interests you, this M&A set is a genuine bargain! These performances have also been issued on the Swiss CD label Archiphon, but reportedly the transfers are poorly-pitched and overly-filtered.

CD 3 has 1950 recordings of Schoenberg's 3rd Quartet and Berg's Lyric Suite by the Pro Arte Quartet of the Univ. of Wisconsin (Kolisch, Rahier, Milofsky, & Fiedlander) that were once on the Dial LP label.

CD 4 features a "live" 1967 recording of the Schoenberg Violin Concerto with Kolisch and the Wisconsin Festival Orchestra conducted by Leibowitz, an 8 minute interview with Kolisch, and a 1966 live Kolisch performance of the Bartok Sonata for Solo Violin (I regard this disc as an utterly essential item). My other favorites here: Krasner/Mitropoulos (Columbia LP) in the Schoenberg, and Robert Mann's incredible Bartok (available on the internet for $17 from Bartok Records).

CD 5 has a 1945 recording of the Pro Arte Quartet playing Bartok's 5th String Quartet, a 1966 account of the Schoenberg Fantasie (Kolisch with pianist Gunnar Johansen), and the early & unnumbered (1897) Schoenberg String Quartet in D major (Pro Arte Quartet 1952). The latter work is atypical: it sounds very Brahmsian, with a dash of Dvorakian melody tossed in.

CD 6 has three 1950 Pro Arte items that were originally on Dial LPs: Webern's Five Movements for String Quartet op. 5 and Six Bagatelles for String Quartet op. 9, plus a "live" 1940 reading by the Kolisch Quartet & friends of Schubert's Octet. The latter is rather poorly-played and utterly lacks the old world charm of the wonderful Vienna Konzerthaus (Preiser CD).

My own journey to appreciating Schoenberg was a rocky climb. My piano teacher (from age 9 to age 18) regarded Schoenberg as the Devil incarnate who ruined Western music. I also studied viola for a few years with a teacher who held Schoenberg in utter contempt. And my college girlfriend's viola teacher was Robert Gross (a Hindemith pupil), and he was no Schoenberg fan either. But in 1970 I heard Lorin Maazel & the New Philharmonia (on my first visit to Carnegie Hall) perform the Op. 31 Variations for Orchestra, and I was simply astonished at the work's power & genius. In general, I find Berg & Webern easier to listen to, but Schoenberg's music in sympathetic performances is quite simply superb.

Probably the easiest place to start is with Schoenberg's tonal works like Verklarte Nacht (try Stokowski's on a Bridge CD or the original sextet version by the Hollywood Quartet on Testament), his Chamber Symphonies (#1 with Scherchen on Tahra, and #2 with Prausnitz on EMI - see my review of the latter), and Gurrelieder (my favorite is still the old Leibowitz on Preiser CD, despite rough playing & mono sound - its wonderful singers included Richard Lewis and Ethel Semser). Unfortunately, my favorite performance of the marvelous "Pierrot Lunaire" (Semser with Leibowitz) is on a long-gone Westminster LP. The piano works are also very gratifying, especially as done by Steurermann (Columbia LP), Jacobs (Nonesuch CD), and Helffer (a superb Harmonia Mundi 3-CD set that also has piano pieces by Debussy & Bartok).

While the sound of this M&A set is saddled with often noisy originals (the best-sounding items are the ones taken from Dial LPs), the performances here are revelatory. Once heard several times, the Schoenberg string quartets are very nearly as accessible as Bartok's (although the latter's are resolutely tonal, and their over-all superiority is, to my ears, partly a function of greater rhythmic drive & folk music elements). The dreamy and haunting Quartet #2 is unique for its use of a soprano voice (excellently sung here). All in all, I still prefer the greater virtuosity of the Juilliard Quartet's magnificent 1950's set (with soprano Uta Graf) on wonderful-sounding mono Columbia LPs that disgracefully remain in LP limbo. But I DEFINITELY will keep these Kolisch readings. Likewise, I still prefer the Juilliard's recordings of the Bartok Quartets from 1950 (Pearl CD - see my review) & from 1963 (out of print Columbia LPs). The Juilliard's Schoenberg & Bartok cycles strike me as the very finest modern music quartet recordings ever made.

The Berg Lyric Suite here joins the extraordinary 1936 Galimir Quartet's (coupled on a Testament CD with Louis Krasner's greatest-ever Berg Violin Concerto, with the BBC Symphony conducted by Anton Webern) and the mono RCA LP version with the Juilliard as the work's finest-ever accounts. I have never heard Schoenberg's Violin Concerto sound so ingratiatingly like Berg's concerto as it is here with Kolisch & Leibowitz (despite rather poor sound and occasional slips by Kolisch - he was age 70!). And Bartok's solo violin sonata, played with the last mvt. microtone harmonics that were edited out by Menuhin (who commissioned it) is spellbinding, despite some rough playing (it reminds me of Enesco's mesmerizing Bach recorded when he was old and suffering from arthritis). The interview with Kolisch about this last work is fascinating.

If you have difficulty in digesting the 12-tone method, as many people do, here's a simple suggestion: buy or rent the DVD of Nicholas Ray's superb film "Rebel Without A Cause," starring the short-lived James Dean. It's visually brilliant (Ray's use of the color red is downright iconic) and the music, especially in the Planetarium sequence, is utterly riveting. The film's music was composed by Leonard Rosenman (pupil of Schoenberg & Sessions), and nearly the entire score is in the manner of Berg and Schoenberg! Gorgeous recorded excerpts from Rebel & Rosenman's score for East of Eden can be heard on a Nonesuch CD (see my review). Another illuminating resource is the 2002 book "Arnold Schoenberg's Journey" by Allen Shawn (available at Amazon).

This set's old sound will likely be of limited appeal to general listeners. But for collectors & specialists in this music, what is heard here will be an enduring source of wonder and inspiration.

Highly recommended to the curious few.

Jeff Lipscomb

Violin Concerto / Lyric Suite / 3 Orchestra Pieces

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Non tonal music at it's best
Hypnotic journey into Berg mind

Violin Concerto / Lyric Suite / 3 Orchestra Pieces
Berg , Hirsch , Klas , and Nrso
Manufacturer: Naxos
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006GO40
Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

Andante-Scherzo
Allegro-Adagio
Andante Amoroso
Allegro Misterioso
Adagio Appassionato
Praludium
Reigen
Marsch

Customer Reviews:

Non tonal music at it's best.......2005-08-20

This is an exciting performance of Berg's Violin Concerto. With so much tonal garbage, from radio pop to classical Mozart floating around for centuries, it is exciting to see a tone row written with genius stamped on it, and then written into an exciting 4 movement sonata form. It never stops going around my head. This performance is so lyrical that it is hard to believe anyone would believe that atonal and 12 tone music is cold. It is much more exciting than Beethoven or Tori Amos at their highest could be!

Hypnotic journey into Berg mind.......2002-12-31

Getting to know berg music. The three works on this issue are worth hearing. The Violin Concerto, Lyric Suite, and the Three Orchestral Pieces offered a rarely window into Berg complicated sound world. A dark tragic world of emotions that requires from the performances truth understanding on the score, and from the listener to be attentive to every whisper. However this new issue by Naxos is really one to have, for every serious listener being or already know Berg.

The Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the conductor Eri Klas, shows a real commitment to berg intentions. The playing is superb, and the ability of the conductor to see the importance of the work structure, and explorer essential details shows comprehension from the highest order.

Berg's wrote his Violin Concerto as a memorial to Alma Mahler daughter, Manon Gropius, died at the age of eighteen. This is a great piece that produced effect of extraordinary beauty. Rebecca Hirsch gives a superb playing of tremendous power. Through The whispered like sections she provides a fine playing with great stress to details. Always aware to the importance of changing in moods and textures, Rebecca Hirsch shifted them perfectly. The Netherlands RSO respond perfectly to berg's complicated score, and they give a fine detailed playing.

Berg's first wrote his lyric suite in six movements, and for string quartet. After a successful premiere, performed by the Kolisch Ouartet's Berg decide to re-cast the second, third, four and six movements for string orchestra. Eri Klas opts for a cooler approach, seems perfectly right. He draws from the Netherlands RSO strings a playing of rich and depth sound. The last work in the CD is the dark, brooding Three Orchestral Pieces. Berg complete the first two movements in time for Arnold Schoenberg's (at this years his teacher) fortieth birthday on 1914, but the whole work was not finished until the following year, and Berg had to wait until 1930 for the first performance. In this work Berg's enigmatic like sound is taking the listener into a magical dream. Here also the Netherlands RSO, under Eri Klas, delivered a convincing performance with shatteringly impact.

This new issue is a must have for a modern music listeners and for Berg admires. All works are well played and perfectly recorded.

Chamber Music for Strings
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A Good Disc...

Best of Berg

Chamber Music for Strings
Berg , Grotenhuis , Zimmerman , and Schoenberg Quartet
Manufacturer: Chandos
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Binding: Audio CD

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Schoenberg: Piano Concerto

ASIN: B00006FSPM
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Customer Reviews:

A Good Disc..........2005-01-31

Yes, this is a nice disc; however, to call it the "complete chamber music" is a little deceptive, for I don't think this is Berg's complete chamber music.

In any case, it's a good introduction to Berg's music. His first String Quartet has always been a favorite of mine.

Best of Berg.......2003-01-12

The Schoenberg Quartet displays a great affinity for Alban Berg's chamber music. The larger string quartets are masterpieces of the twentieth century and are here played with a a wonderful understanding of their constant shifts in mood. The shorter pieces are also perfect and give a new way of looking at the larger works that they are normally a part of. The viola and piano sonata is a good transcription from the clarinet sonata and also adds a new dimension to the original version.

Berg: Violin Concerto, Lyric & Lulu Suites, Piano Sonata Op.1, etc.

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Berg: Violin Concerto, Lyric & Lulu Suites, Piano Sonata Op.1, etc.
Kremer , Brendel , Pilarczyk , Balleys , Dorati , and London Symphony Orchestra
Manufacturer: Decca/Universal
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000069KIU
Release Date: 2002-05-31

Tracks:

Violin Concerto "To The Memory Of An Angel" Andante Allegretto
Violin Concerto "To The Memory Of An Angel" Allegro Adagio
Three Orchestral Pieces, Op.6 Praludium
Three Orchestral Pieces, Op.6 Reigen
Three Orchestral Pieces, Op.6 Marsch
Piano Sonata, Op.1
Three Pieces From The Lyric Suite For String Orchestra Andante Amoroso
Three Pieces From The Lyric Suite For String Orchestra Allegro Misterioso
Three Pieces From The Lyric Suite For String Orchestra Adagio Appassionato
Lulu Suite: Rondo
Lulu Suite: Ostinato
Lulu Suite: Lulu's Song
Lulu Suite: Variations
Lulu Suite: Adagio
Wozzeck Three Excerpts: Tschin Bum Madel Was Fangst Du Jetzt An?
Wozzeck Three Excerpts: Und Ist Kein Betrug In Seinem Munde Erfunden Worden
Wozzeck Three Excerpts: Wozzeck Drowns: Children At Play
Funf Orchesterlieder Nach Ansichtskartentexten: Schneesturm
Funf Orchesterlieder Nach Ansichtskartentexten: Gewitterregen
Funf Orchesterlieder Nach Ansichtskartentexten: Uber Die Grenzen Des All
Funf Orchesterlieder Nach Ansichtskartentexten: Nichts Ist Gekommen
Funf Orchesterlieder Nach Ansichtskartentexten: Hier Ist Friede

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Live Radio Recordings

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Three-and-a-half stars ... All-around good but not essential
Really a wonderful collection - & well recorded performances

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Live Radio Recordings

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Release Date: 1999-10-15

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Three-and-a-half stars ... All-around good but not essential.......2003-03-02

I'm a big admirer of Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink. I think he is among the most consistent maestros today. But while this treasury of live performances, recorded for broadcast, is very fine, there's surprisingly little in here that's indispensible. It's all uniformly "good," but I don't think this would make it to my desert isle.

One of the interesting thing this set shows is that the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Haitink are a bit rougher in person than in the studio. (An English Horn solo in the Ravel Concerto was particularly gruff.) Some highlights: a soulful, dedicated Mozart 27th Piano Concerto with Clifford Curzon; a martial, mercurial Mahler 6th that, for some reason, still doesn't convince me; same with a DSCH 10th, which lacks gravity and is too fleeting at times, especially in the scherzo; a superb Stravinsky Threni; a wonderfully colored and cohesive Prokofiev 5th Concerto with Ashkenazy, and a very fine, well-organized Bruckner 7th that only lacks a scherzo with enough portent and bite. Some of the disappointments: a Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 with Oistrakh where Haitink never really sounds idiomatic, though Oistrakh is superb; a good-but-not-great Bartok Second Violin Concerto with Stern; the aforementioned Ravel Concerto, where the soloist, Daniel Wayenberg, is excellent but where support is sloppy in spots.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about the set, though, is the range of music presented here. Perhaps they did it on purpose, but the collection emphasizes music we don't normally associate with Haitink, such as much music by the Second Viennese School. He conducts it well, but Boulez and Bernstein do it better. Again, very good, but nothing definitive. I've heard Haitink in some really fine recordings and performances, but these, while certainly good, are not quite the cream of the cream. And there's so much great Haitink already out there that this set finds itself competing with other recordings by the same maestro. However, there is also a lot of unusual repertoire here, a strong selling point.

Really a wonderful collection - & well recorded performances.......2002-04-27

You might laugh, but I bought this to get a recording of Stravinsky's "Threni". It does have a whole disk dedicated to performances of various Stravinsky works and it is a very nice disk. But there are 13 MORE disks full of really choice LIVE performances! I am a fan of live music and recorded live music is the next best thing.

Go ahead and just carefully look at the range and variety of music and musicians offered here and you will quickly realize as I did (after I bought it) what a wonderful collection this is.

I know it will take some waiting to get this collection, and it isn't cheap, but it is very much worth the bother and the price.

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4. Three Orchestral Pieces, Op.6 Reigen
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8. Three Pieces From The Lyric Suite For String Orchestra Allegro Misterioso
9. Three Pieces From The Lyric Suite For String Orchestra Adagio Appassionato
10. Lulu Suite: Rondo
11. Lulu Suite: Ostinato
12. Lulu Suite: Lulu's Song
13. Lulu Suite: Variations
14. Lulu Suite: Adagio
15. Wozzeck Three Excerpts: Tschin Bum Madel Was Fangst Du Jetzt An?
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17. Wozzeck Three Excerpts: Wozzeck Drowns: Children At Play
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