Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Sound Secrets, Pandora's Box
Sound Secrets: Pandora's Box.
Donald Macleod looks at Berg's final masterpieces, both of which include secret self-portraits of the composer.
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V: Hier ist Friede (Here is peace)
From Five Orchestral Songs to Picture-Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg (1912)
Jessye Norman, Soprano
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez
Sony Classical SK 66826 t12
Excerpt from Act II of Lulu (1929-35)
John Graham-Hall, Tenor (Alwa)
Lisa Saffer, Soprano (Lulu)
Alan Oke, Tenor (Manservant)
Robert Hayward, Baritone (Dr Schon)
Robert Poulton, Baritone (Acrobat)
Susan Parry, Mezzo-soprano (Countess Geschwitz)
Anna Burford, Mezzo-soprano (Schoolboy)
English National Opera Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel
Chandoss 3130(3) CD2 t6-13
Violin Concerto (1935, first recording of new critical edition prepared by Douglas Jarman)
Daniel Hope, Violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Watkins
Warner Classics 2564 60291-2 t1-2
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