Berg: Lyric Suite; Wellesz: Sonnets By Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
This release unites star soprano Renee Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet for the first time on a journey to Vienna in the `20s and `30s, through music imbued with late romanticism and burgeoning modernism.
About the Album
The record features Berg's intricate Lyric Suite and Wellesz's Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, sung in German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Track Listings
1. Allegretto gioviale
2. Andante amoroso
3. Allegro misterioso
4. Adagio appassionato
5. Presto delirando
6. Largo desolato
7. Alternate version with soprano: Largo desolato
8. Getragen
9. Sehr breit
10. Moderato: Gemessen
11. Leicht bewegt (Andante)
12. Sehr langsam, zögernd
13. Komm, süsser Tod, arranged for soprano and string quartet by J. Peter Koene
Berg: Lyric Suite; Wellesz: Sonnets By Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
Berg: Lyric Suite; Wellesz: Sonnets By Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
Berg: Lyric Suite; Wellesz: Sonnets By Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
This release unites star soprano Renee Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet for the first time on a journey to Vienna in the `20s and `30s, through music imbued with late romanticism and burgeoning modernism.
The record features Berg's intricate Lyric Suite and Wellesz's Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, sung in German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Track Listings
1. Allegretto gioviale
2. Andante amoroso
3. Allegro misterioso
4. Adagio appassionato
5. Presto delirando
6. Largo desolato
7. Alternate version with soprano: Largo desolato
8. Getragen
9. Sehr breit
10. Moderato: Gemessen
11. Leicht bewegt (Andante)
12. Sehr langsam, zögernd
13. Komm, süsser Tod, arranged for soprano and string quartet by J. Peter Koene
This release unites star soprano Renee Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet for the first time on a journey to Vienna in the `20s and `30s, through music imbued with late romanticism and burgeoning modernism.
The record features Berg's intricate Lyric Suite and Wellesz's Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, sung in German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Track Listings
1. Allegretto gioviale
2. Andante amoroso
3. Allegro misterioso
4. Adagio appassionato
5. Presto delirando
6. Largo desolato
7. Alternate version with soprano: Largo desolato
8. Getragen
9. Sehr breit
10. Moderato: Gemessen
11. Leicht bewegt (Andante)
12. Sehr langsam, zögernd
13. Komm, süsser Tod, arranged for soprano and string quartet by J. Peter Koene
Berg: Lyric Suite; Wellesz: Sonnets By Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
This release unites star soprano Renee Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet for the first time on a journey to Vienna in the `20s and `30s, through music imbued with late romanticism and burgeoning modernism.
The record features Berg's intricate Lyric Suite and Wellesz's Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, sung in German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Track Listings
1. Allegretto gioviale
2. Andante amoroso
3. Allegro misterioso
4. Adagio appassionato
5. Presto delirando
6. Largo desolato
7. Alternate version with soprano: Largo desolato
8. Getragen
9. Sehr breit
10. Moderato: Gemessen
11. Leicht bewegt (Andante)
12. Sehr langsam, zögernd
13. Komm, süsser Tod, arranged for soprano and string quartet by J. Peter Koene
Album Info
Label: Decca
Catalog Num: 0289 478 8399 9 CD DDD DH