The Alban Berg Collection
Artists
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, LaSalle Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez
8 CDs
Works:
CD 1
Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine
CD2
Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez
Piano Sonata, Op. 1
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano)
Adagio from Chamber Concerto
Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (Arr. Alban Berg)
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
CD 3
Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)
LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
String Quartet, Op. 3
LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
Sieben frühe Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Schliesse mir die Augen beide
Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
An Leukon
Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1925 version)
Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Vier Lieder, Op. 2
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)
CD 4
Sieben frühe Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4
Juliane Banse (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Der Wein
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchesta
Juliane Banse (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
CDs 5, 6 and 7
Lulu
Jules Bastin (bass), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Pierre-Yves Le Maigat (baritone), Teresa Stratas (singer), Teresa Stratas (soprano), Franz Mazura (baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Helmut Pampuch (tenor), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Claude Meloni (tenor), Anna Ringart (mezzo-soprano), Ursula Boese (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris
Pierre Boulez
CDs 7 and 8
Wozzeck
Aage Haugland (bass), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Viktoria Lehner (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Walter Raffeiner (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Anna Gonda (alto), Alfred Sramek (bass), Alexander Maly (baritone), Werner Kamenik (tenor), Peter Jelosits (tenor), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master)
Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben
Claudio Abbado