Alban Berg collection

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Main Authors: Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.
Corporate Authors: Wiener Philharmoniker. (Performer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra. (Performer); Ensemble intercontemporain. (Performer); Boston Symphony Chamber Players. (Performer); LaSalle Quartet. (Performer); Opéra de Paris. Orchestre. (Performer); Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. (Performer); Wiener Sängerknaben. (Performer)
Group Author: Abbado, Claudio. (Conductor); Mutter, Anne-Sophie, 1963- (Performer); Levine, James, 1943- (Conductor); Barenboim, Daniel, 1942- (Performer); Zukerman, Pinchas, 1948- (Performer); Boulez, Pierre, 1925- (Conductor); Meyer, Sabine, 1959- (Performer); Maisenberg, Oleg. (Performer); Kremer, Gidon, 1947- (Performer); Otter, Anne Sofie von. (Performer); Forsberg, Bengt. (Performer); Marshall, Margaret, 1949- (Performer); Parsons, Geoffrey. (Performer); Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012. (Performer); Reimann, Aribert. (Performer); Banse, Juliane, 1965- (Performer); Stratas, Teresa. (Performer); Grundheber, Franz. (Performer); Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.
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Literature type: CD Audio
Language: No linguistic content
German
Series: Collectors edition
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Item Description: Deutsche Grammophon: 474 657-2 (474 658-2--474 665-2).
Title from container.
Previously released material (p1971-p1996).
Compact disc.
Program notes by Douglas Jarman, in English with German and French translations, and synopses of the operas (59 p. : port.) inserted in container.
Carrier Form: 8 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (59 p.)
Index Number: M3
CLC: J657.61
J657.62
Call Number: #WCD/140567
Contents: Three pieces for orchestra, op. 6 (19:44) ; Three pieces from The lyric suite : version for string orchestra (17:00) (Wiener Philharmoniker; Claudio Abbado, conductor) -- Violin concerto : "To the memory of an angel" (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor) (27:43) -- Chamber concerto : for piano and violin with 13 instruments (Daniel Barenboim, piano; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Ensemble intercontemporain; Pierre Boulez, conductor) (30:00) -- Sonata for piano, op. 1 (Barenboim) (11:27) -- Four pieces for clarinet and piano, op. 5 (Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Oleg Maisenberg, piano) (7:45) -- Adagio from The chamber concerto / transcription for violin, clarinet, and piano (Gidon Kremer, violin; Meyer; Maisenberg) (12:23) -- Wein, Weib und Gesang : op. 333 / Johann Strauss son ; transcr. Alban Berg (Boston Symphony Chamber Players [piano quintet]) (13:12) -- Lyric suite : for string quartet (27:00) ; String quartet, op. 3 (18:40) (LaSalle Quartet) -- Seven early songs : version with piano (Annie Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Bengt Forsberg, piano) (16:25) -- Schliesse mir die Augen beide : 1907 version (1:19) ; An Leukon (1:32) ; Schliesse mir die Augen beide : 1925 version (1:41) (Margaret Marshall, soprano; Geoffrey Parsons, piano) -- 4 Lieder, op. 2 (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Aribert Reimann, piano) (8:56) -- Seven early songs : version with orchestra (Otter; Wiener Philharmoniker; Abbado) (16:24) -- Altenberg-Lieder : op. 4 : five orchestral songs on picture-postcard texts by Peter Altenberg (Julianse Banse, soprano; Wiener Philharmoniker; Abbado) (11:06) -- Der Wein : Konzertarie mit Orchester (Otter; Wiener Philharmoniker; Abbado) (12:59) -- "Lulu" suite : symphonic pieces from the opera Lulu (Banse; Wiener Philharmoniker; Abbado) (32:18) -- Lulu : opera in three acts after Franz Wedekind (Teresa Stratas, soprano; with supporting singers; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris; Boulez) (172:00) -- Wozzeck : opera in three acts after Georg Büchner (Franz Grundheber, baritone; with supporting singers; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Sängerknaben; Wiener Philharmoniker; Abbado) (90:00).