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Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Christoph von Dohnányi
Berg: Wozzeck / Schoenberg: Erwartung
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 1: Langsam, Wozzeck, langsam! - Heina Zednik
2. Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 1: Wir arme Leut! Sehn Sie, Herr Hauptmann, Geld, Geld! - Eberhard Waechter
3. Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 2: Du, der Platz ist verflucht! - Eberhard Waechter
4. Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 3: Tschin Bum, Tschin Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum!
5. Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 3: Wer da?
6. Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 4: Was erleb' ich, Wozzeck? - Alexander Malta
7. Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 5: Geh' einmal vor Dich hin!
8. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 1: Was die Steine glanzen?
9. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 1: Was hast da? - Eberhard Waechter
10. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 2: Wohin so eilig, geerhrtester Herr Sargnagel? - Heina Zednik
11. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 2: He Wozzeck! Was hetzt Er sich so an uns vorbei? - Alexander Malta
12. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 3: Guten Tag, Franz
13. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 4: Ich hab' ein Hemdlein an, das ist nicht mein... - Alfred Sramek
14. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 4: Er! Sie! Teufel! - Eberhard Waechter
15. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 4: Jedoch, wenn ein Wanderer, der gelehnt steht an dem Strom der Zeit - Alfred Sramek
16. Wozzeck: Act II, Scene 5: Andres! Andres! Ich kann nicht schlafen - Eberhard Waechter
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Wozzeck: Act III, Scene 1: Und ist kein Betrug in seinem Munde erfunden worden...
2. Wozzeck: Act III, Scene 2: Dort links geht's in die Stadt
3. Wozzeck: Act III, Scene 3: Tanzt Alle; tanzt nur zu, springt, schwitzt und stinkt - Eberhard Waechter
4. Wozzeck: Act III, Scene 4: Das Messer? Wo ist das Messer? - Eberhard Waechter
5. Wozzeck: Act III, Scene 5: Ringel, Ringel, Rosenkraz, Ringelreih'n - Vienna State Opr Chor/Balatsch
6. Erwartung: Scene 1: Hier hinein? Man Sieht den Weg nicht...
7. Erwartung: Scene 2: Ist das noch der Weg? Hier ist es eben
8. Erwartung: Scene 3: Da kommt ein Licht!
9. Erwartung: Scene 4: Er ist auch nicht da...
10. Erwartung: Scene 4: Er ist noch da...Herrgott im Himmel
11. Erwartung: Scene 4: Aber so seltsam ist dein Auge...
12. Erwartung: Scene 4: Du siehst wieder dort hin?
13. Erwartung: Scene 4: Oh! nicht einmal die Gnade, mit dir sterben zu durfen...
14. Erwartung: Scene 4: Liebster, Liebster, der Morgen kommt...

CD Details

All Artists: Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Christoph von Dohnányi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Eberhard Wächter, Anja Silja, Heinz Zednik, Alexander Malta, Hermann Winkler, Horst Laubenthal
Title: Berg: Wozzeck / Schoenberg: Erwartung
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: London
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028941734822

Synopsis

Amazon.com

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

CD Reviews

Nevertheless, it's a riveting performance.

Karl Henzy | 12/19/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This performance is indeed intense, violent even, but so is the opera. And there's plenty here to enjoy--take, for instance, the chorus of snoring soldiers in the barracks. Wozzeck is undoubtedly the masterpiece of the 1st half of the 20th-Century. It's more to the point, for my taste, than Lulu, and isn't bogged down with late-Romantic lusciousness. The story is chilling, the music awesome."

A Disturbing But Fascinating Opera

Corn Soup | 05/03/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Berg captures the horrifying buildup of mad tension in the Buchner play perfectly in this opera. Dohnanyi handles the orchestra superbly as the tension builds to the jarring chord that represents Wozzeck's act of murder, never charging ahead too fast, never flagging. Also wonderful is the nice tight sound of the recording which really reveals the contrapuntal richness and complexity of Berg's music. It is also nice to have Schonberg's interesting Erwartung on this disc. It is another chilling tale of love and death that takes the form of a short operatic monologue. I would recommend this recording with hesitation. Great music and great sound. Enjoy!"