Alban Berg
Alban Berg (1885-1935) was an Austrian composer, born and died in Vienna. A pupil of Arnold Schoenberg from 1904, he belongs with Schoenberg and Anton Webern to the so-called Second Viennese School. His music joins a late-Romantic expressive range to atonal and, later, twelve-tone writing. His opera Wozzeck, completed in 1922, was first staged in December 1925 under Erich Kleiber. Berg died of blood poisoning that followed an infected insect sting. His Altenberg Lieder were heard in 1913 at a concert conducted by Schoenberg. Other works include the String Quartet op.
String Quartet / Lyric Suite (LP)
Two quartets composed respectively in 1910 and 1926 superbly performed by Lasalle Quartett and released in DGG's "Alban Berg Edition / Gallery Series" in 1986. With insert.
Lulu Suite / Theme & Variations / Im Sommerwind / Three Pieces For Orchestra (LP)
Four compositions by the most representative composers of the Second Viennese School performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, released on CBS' "Masterworks Portrait" series in 1983.
Jugendlieder - Songs From The Youth
Berg's early lieder owe their existence largely to the young composer's great interest in literature; nevertheless it was his friend Hermann Watznauer, who actually inspired him to embark on composing his first lieder around 1900/01. And Berg enjoyed…
Precipitando - Alban Berg / Leoš Janáček / Franz Liszt
Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon's first solo ECM New Series album: Berg's Piano Sonata op. 1, Janáček's In the mists and Liszt's Sonata in B minor, recorded in April 2011 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.