Berg: Wozzeck (2-CD) – Audun Iversen, Claudia Mahnke
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Berg: Wozzeck (2-CD) – Audun Iversen, Claudia Mahnke
Composer: Alban Berg
Artists: Audun Iversen, Claudia Mahnke, Martin Mitterrutzner, Peter Bronder, Katharina Magiera, Vincent Wolfsteiner, Thomas Faulkner, Iurii Samoilov, Martin Wölfel, Alfred Reiter, Edward Jumatate, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Oehms Classics
CD Release Date: August 24, 2018
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, which premiered at Lindenoper Berlin in 1925, is regarded as one of the key music compositions of the 20th century and an essential work in any connoisseur’s collection. The opera is based on the drama Woyzeck, which was left incomplete by German playwright Georg Büchner at his death. Berg selected fifteen scenes from the play to form a compact structure of three acts, and adapted the libretto himself. On this release, the Frankfurt Opera, under the baton of Sebastian Weigle, delivers a razor-sharp and exciting interpretation. With Audun Iversen and Claudia Mahnke in the main roles, the recording shows an ideal cast.
History
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck
Berg’s landmark work, based on Georg Büchner’s unfinished play, changed the operatic landscape when it premiered in Berlin in 1925. A searing portrayal of an oppressed individual in a hostile society, set to an atonal score, it has remained as relevant and contemporary ever since.
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