Curved Air presents:
[He even looks bore. This picture was probably taken while he was composing Wozzeck. Ugh.]
Everything ever written by Alban Berg, one or the so-called masters of The Second Viennese School is slow and depressing and pointless You’ll hate every long, agonizing minute of it. Fortunately, most of Berg’s compositions are unbearably long, so you are sure to be extra bored.
[This portrait of Berg perfectly captures his brilliant dullness. You can almost hear the ennui. Sigh.]
Sir Georg Solti & Wiener Philharmoniker, “Wagner - Das Rheingold: Vorspiel”
from Das Rheingold
Decca
Giuseppe Sinopoli & Staatskapelle Dresden, with Reiko Watanabe, “Berg - Violin Concerto: I. Andante - Allegretto”
Warner Classics - 2008
live recording 1995
Elisabeth Klein, “Berg - Sonata, Op. 1”
from Schoenberg/Webern/Berg: Complete Piano Works
TIM - 2002
Dmitri Mitropolous & New York Philharmonic, “Berg - Wozzeck, Act III.”
from Wozzeck
Sony - 1997
recorded 1951
Giuseppe Sinopoli & Staatskapelle Dresden, with Reiko Watanabe, “Berg - Violin Concerto: II. Allegro - Adagio”
Warner Classics - 2008
Antal Dorati & London Symphony Orchestra, “Berg - Lulu Suite, I. Rondo”
Mercury - 1990
recorded 1961
LaSalle Quartet, “Berg - Lyric Suite (excerpt)”
from Second Viennese School (box)
Brilliant Classics - 1971
DJbob Curved Air March 30th, 2020
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