Our composer of the month of October 2017 is Alban Berg.
All works by Alban Berg
1. a. Wo der Goldregen steht,
b. Abschied,
c. Sehnsucht II,
d. Sehnsucht
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Aribert Reimann, piano.
2. First three of Seven Early Songs (Night, Song Amid The Reeds, The Nightingale)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Bengt Forsberg, piano.
3. String quartet, part 1
Alban Berg Quartet.
4. From: Three orchestral pieces (1913-1915), part 3
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink.
5. Finale of Wozzeck
Mark Harrell (Wozzeck), Joseph Mordino (captain), Ralph Herbert (docter), High School of Music and Art Chorus, New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
6. Lyric Suite, part 2
New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez.
