Blu-Ray Video, Berg (composer)
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Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedChristian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Brandon Jovanovich (Drum Major), Mauro Peter (Andres), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Captain), Lars Woldt (Doctor) & Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)
Chor der Oper Zurich & Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Andreas Homoki (stage director)
While the Lieder-like beauty of Gerhaher’s singing Is matchless – he can act too – this is no star vehicle. It is ensemble work of the highest order…the relationships are brilliantly drawn,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, DVD/Blu-ray Winner
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Video Performance
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Coming soon. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker - Alban Berg: Violin Concerto; Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Augustin Hadelich (violin), Christiane Karg (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Barbara Hannigan (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Every nuance [of The Rite] is crafted, each detail considered, yet there is still a sense of danger and visceral power…Rattle and the LSO are joined, usurped even, by the extraordinary Barbara... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedChristopher Maltman (Wozzeck), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Marie), Frank van Aken (Drum Major), Sir Willard White (Doctor)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, New Amsterdam Children's Choir, Marc Albrecht, Krzysztof Warlikowski (director)
A very fine performance of Berg's great music drama — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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As recorded in Leipzig's handsome new(ish) Gewandhaus Hall, the sound is a feast in its own right - a lovely balance of clarity, spaciousness, and glowing warmth. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011
Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Anna Prohaska (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto) & Johan Botha (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus State Opera Vienna, Pierre Boulez
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Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev, Berg & Tchaikovsky
Lucerne Festival at Easter 2010
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Claudio Abbado
It's amazing the way Abbado brings the melodic writing to the fore in the very different worlds of the Prokofiev and the Berg Lulu Suite, crowned by Anna Prohaska's meaningful characterisation...As... — More…
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Special offer. Berg: Lulu
Agneta Eichenholz (Lulu), Michael Volle (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Klaus Florian Vogt (Alwa), Jennifer Larmore (Countess Geschwitz), Philip Langridge (Prince/Manservant/Marquis), Heather Shipp (Dresser/Schoolboy/Groom), Will Hartmann (Painter/Policeman/Negro), Jeremy White (Banker/Professor)
Orchestra...
Pappano has a firm grip of every nuance of the music, from the gossamer-like delicacy after the dialogue at the end of Act II to the various moments of wrenching, disturbing power. — More…
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Special offer. Pierre Boulez Saal: Opening Concert
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Yulia Deyneka (viola), Kian Soltani (cello), Karim Said (piano), Boulez Ensemble (chamber ensemble)
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Special offer. Berg: Lulu
Marlis Petersen (Lulu), Daniela Sindram (Gräfin Geschwitz), Rainer Trost (Der Maler/Ein Neger), Bo Skovhus (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Matthias Klink (Alwa), Pavlo Hunka (Schigolch), Christoph Stephinger (Der Theaterdirektor)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko, Dmitri Tcherniakov
[Petersen’s Lulu] is neither determined rebel nor passive victim, but self-endangered by her desperation to be loved…For all Lulu’s teasing come-ons, the production lacks erotic charge…Yet all... — More…
