Orchestral works

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Orchestral works

Alban Berg

Chandos, c2009

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Arr. for orchestra (disc 1: 1st and 4th works); for tenor and orchestra (disc 1: 3rd); for soprano and orchestra (disc 2: 1st-3rd); arr. for small ensemble (disc 2: 4th)

Sung in French (disc 1: 3rd work) and German (disc 2: 1st-3rd)

Geraldine McGreevy, soprano (disc 2: 1st-3rd works) ; Robert Murray, tenor (disc 1: 3rd) ; Isabelle van Keulen, violin (disc 1: 5th) ; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (The National Orchestra of Sweden) ; Mario Venzago, conductor

Recorded: Konserthuset, Gothenburg, Sweden, 26 August 2004 (disc 1: 2nd work), 14 August 2006 (disc 1: 1st), 15 and 16 August 2006 (disc 2: 1st), 16 August 2006 (disc 1: 4th), 19 and 20 June 2007 (disc 2: 2nd), 21 June 2007 (disc 2: 3rd), 27 and 28 August 2007 (disc 1: 5th), 30 August 2007 (disc 1: 3rd) and 31 August 2007 (disc 2: 4th)

Compact discs

Texts in German (disc 2: 1st-3rd works) and French (disc 1: 3rd) with English translations

Chandos: CHSA 5074(2)

Contents of Works

  • disc 1. Piano sonata, op. 1 (1908) / orchestrated 1984 by Theo Verbey
  • Three pieces, op. 6 (1914-15, revised version 1929), for orchestra
  • Der Wein : (1929) : concert aria (sung in French), three poems from Charles Baudelaire's "Le vin"
  • Passacaglia (1913), symphonic fragment of theme and eleven variations / arranged 1999 by Christian von Borries from Berg's unfinished score sketches ; orchestration lightly modified by Mario Venzago
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra (1935), "Dem Andenken eines Engels" / revised 1996 by Douglas Jarman
  • disc 2. Three fragments from "Wozzeck" : (1923-24) : for voice and orchestra from the opera "Wozzeck" (1914-22) after Georg Büchner's drama
  • Symphonic pieces from the opera "Lulu" : (1934) : after Frank Wedekind's tragedies "Erdgeist" (Earth spirit) and "Die Büchse der Pandora" (Pandora's box) : Arnold Schoenberg zum 60. Geburtstag
  • Der Wein : (1929) : concert aria (sung in German), three poems from Charles Baudelaire's "Le vin"
  • Wein, Weib und Gesang! : waltz, op. 333 by Johann Strauss II / transcribed 1921 for small ensemble by Alban Berg

Details

  • NCID
    BB0205824X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    gerfre
  • Place of Publication
    Colchester
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 sound discs (157 min., 20 sec.)
  • Size
    12 cm.
  • Attached Material
    1 pamphlet (43 p. ; 12 cm.)
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