Sound Secrets: To You, Sole Beloved
In 1925 Alban Berg embroiled himself in a passionate love affair with Hanna Fuchs Robettin. She was the muse for one of the most incredible secrets in the history of music.
In 1925 Alban Berg embroiled himself in a passionate love affair with Hanna Fuchs Robettin. She was the muse for one of the most incredible secrets in the history of music - the hidden vocal finale to Berg's Lyric Suite, a passionate love poem, which was only discovered fifty years later. With Donald Macleod.
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Alban Berg
IV: Nichts ist gekommen (Nothing has come)
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez Artist: Jessye Norman, Soprano
- Sony Classical SK 66826 t11.
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Alban Berg
V: Hier ist Friede (Here is Peace)
Arranged: by the composer for piano, harmonium, violin and cello (1917) Performers: Viola de Hoog, Cello Artist: Sepp Grotenhuis, Piano Artist: Bob Zimmerman, Harmonium Artist: Janneke van der Meer, Violin
- Sony Classical CHAN 9999 t3.
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Alban Berg
Lyric Suite (1925-6)
Performers: Schoenberg Quartet
- Chandos 9999 t9-14.
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Alban Berg
VI: Largo desolato, with suppressed vocal finale 'De Profundis clamavi' (Baudelaire trans.
Performers: Kronos Quartet Artist: Dawn Upshaw, Soprano
- Nonesuch 7559-79696-2 t6.
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Alban Berg
Der Wein (The Wine, Baudelaire trans. George, 1929)
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado Artist: Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano
- Deutsche Grammophon 445 846-2 t8.
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