Alban Berg

Rethinking the Repertoire #21– Alban Berg’s “Altenberg-Lieder”

June 2, 2018
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The Altenberg-Lieder feature Alban Berg at his most direct and concise, as well as his most sumptuous.

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Classical CD Review: Heras-Casado conducts Mendelssohn and Michael Tilson Thomas’s Berg

September 2, 2017
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Michael Tilson Thomas proves he’s got Alban Berg’s style in his blood; Pablo Heras-Casado’s Mendelssohn symphony cycle continues to be stylish.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Emerson String Quartet and Renée Fleming Do Justice to Viennese Modernists; Jerusalem Quartet Play Beethoven String Quartets

August 29, 2015
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The Emerson String Quartet and Renée Fleming team up for one of the finest recordings of the year.

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