Berg - Wozzeck / Wächter · Silja · Zednik · Malta · Winkler · Laubenthal · Dohnanyi
On this CD:
1. Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Composed by Alban Berg
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Gertrude Jahn, Horst R. Laubenthal, Alexander Malta, Michael Pabst, Anja Silja
Conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi
2. Erwartung, monodrama in 1 act, Op. 17
Composed by Arnold Schoenberg
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Anja Silja
Conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi
Editorial Reviews
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This 1979 version of Berg's imposing drama by Christoph von Dohnányi and the Vienna Philharmonic is a taut performance that single-mindedly pursues the shrill violence of the music. Eberhard Waechter underlines the title character's blinding rage. Dohnányi can draw delicate textures from the orchestra as well as shattering climaxes, but the overall effect is, for most ears, too stressful to be truly pleasurable. Surely the expression of savagery is one key to the opera's power, but other aspects of the composer's multifaceted personality are too often ignored--both in Berg's public reputation and in this recording. --Joshua Cody
Berg - Wozzeck / Wächter · Silja · Zednik · Malta · Winkler · Laubenthal · Dohnanyi, Music, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Eberhard Wächter, Anja Silja, Wiener Philharmoniker, Heinz Zednik, Alexander Malta, Hermann Winkler, Horst Laubenthal, Classical, Classical Music, German/Austrian 20th/21st Century Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio
Berg - Wozzeck / Wächter · Silja · Zednik · Malta · Winkler · Laubenthal · Dohnanyi
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