SCHOENBERG, BERG, WEBERN - STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN, GIUSEPPE SINOPOLI (8 CD)

Bridging Romanticism and Modernism, the composers of the Second Viennese School - Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern - ushered in a new musical era. Their works, ranging from the intimate to the epic, were ideally suited to the talents and intellect of Giuseppe Sinopoli. A conductor and composer whose studies also embraced medicine, psychology and archaeology, he took a special interest in the music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His interpretations, founded in both scrupulous analysis and an epicurean appreciation of sonorities, were often revelatory.

Schoenberg: 6 Lieder for soprano and orchestra, Op. 8
Alessandra Marc (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46
John Tomlinson (narrator)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Schoenberg: Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene, Op. 34
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21
Luisa Castellani (soprano), Andrea Lucchesini (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Schoenberg: Erwartung, Op. 17
Alessandra Marc (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Klaus Maria Brandauer (narrator), Thomas Moser (tenor), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Deborah Voigt (soprano), Bernd Weikl (baritone)
Prague Men's Choir, Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Chor des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder
Juliane Banse (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: 5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4
Alessandra Marc (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: Der Wein
Deborah Voigt (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: 3 Wozzeck-Fragments
Alessandra Marc (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchestra
Alessandra Marc (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)
Reiko Watanabe (violin)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Webern: Im sommerwind (Idyl for large orchestra) (1904)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Webern: Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Webern: Symphony, Op. 21
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Webern: Concerto for Nine Instruments Op. 24
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Webern: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli