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Composers of the Week: The Second Viennese School

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3: Escaping Vienna: Berg. By the time of his early death in 1936, Alban Berg was the one composer of the Second
Viennese School to be enjoying success. Donald Macleod looks at his life and work.
Berg Wo der Goldregen Steht Jessye Norman (soprano),
LSO, conductor Pierre Boulez
Chamber Concerto (3rd mvt) Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim
(piano), Ensemble InterContemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez
Lied der Lulu; Adagio (Suite: Lulu) Renee Fleming (soprano), New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conductor James Levine
Violin Concerto Kyung-Wha Chung , Chicago SO, conductor Georg Solti

Contributors

Unknown:
Alban Berg
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Soprano:
Jessye Norman
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Violin:
Pinchas Zukerman
Violin:
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Soprano:
Renee Fleming
Conductor:
James Levine
Unknown:
Kyung-Wha Chung
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Source: Radio Times

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