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Leonskaja celebrates the Second Viennese School
27th Sep 2024
Elisabeth Leonskaja's persuasive and engaging recital of piano works that are often misunderstood is an essential listen, whether mention of the Second Viennese School excites you or normally sends you running for the hills.
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A fin-de-siècle voyage with Barbara Hannigan and the Emerson String Quartet
8th Sep 2023
The quartet - joined by Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou - go out on a high after nearly fifty years of music-making, with a programme of early twentieth-century works themed around journeying and longing.
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Berg, Webern and Schoenberg from the Heath Quartet
15th Jul 2022
The UK-based string quartet bring luminous clarity and beauty to three transitional works by the Second Viennese School, with soprano Carolyn Sampson joining them for Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2.
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Barbara Hannigan sings and conducts music by Berg, Berio, and Gershwin
22nd Sep 2017
Katherine listens to the Canadian soprano's bold new disc Crazy Girl Crazy, centring on Berg's Lulu.
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Barbara Hannigan on Crazy Girl Crazy
20th Sep 2017
Katherine talks to the Canadian soprano about her bold new album juxtaposing Gershwin, Berg and Berio, in which she both sings and directs the Ludwig Orchestra.
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Alban Berg
24th Apr 2014
James sifts through the music of Alban Berg and offers his recommended recordings.
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Mahler and Berg from Boulez
11th Mar 2013
Anna Prohaska is on mesmerising form in Berg’s Lulu-Suite, whilst the veteran conductor’s trademark attention to detail and balance pays huge dividends in Mahler’s early cantata Das klagende Lied, featuring outstanding contributions from Johan Botha, Anna Larsson and Dorothea Röschmann.
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Schoenberg and Berg
13th Feb 2012
Isabelle Faust pairs the Berg and Beethoven violin concertos to great effect with Orchestra Mozart and Claudio Abbado, whilst Pierre Boulez brings breathtaking clarity to Schoenberg’s densely-orchestrated Pelleas et Melisande with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
