Adrian Boult conducts Berg, Stravinsky, & Vaughan Williams

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SOMM Recordings
Release Date
January 5, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Alban Berg, Igor Stravinsky, Ralph Vaughan Williams
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Opera House Orchestra, Bbc Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Royal Opera House Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 05, 2024
    • UPC
      758871502429
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ARIADNE 5024-2
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I Scene 1, "Zimmer des Hauptmanns" (The Captain's Room): Langsam, Wozzeck, langsam! (Captain, Wozzeck)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Parry Jones, Heinrich Nillius

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    2. Act I Scene 2, "Freies Feld, die Stadt in der Ferne" (An Open Field Outside the Town): Du, der Platz ist verflucht! (Wozzeck, Andres)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Heinrich Nillius, Frans Vroons

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    3. Act I Scene 3, "Mariens Stube" (Marie's Room): Tschin Bum, Tschin, Bum! Hörst Bub? (Marie, Margret, Wozzeck)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Suzanne Danco, Mary Jarred, Margaret Godley, Heinrich Nillius

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    4. Act I Scene 4, "Studierstube des Doktors" (The Doctor's study): Was erleb' ich Wozzeck? (Doctor, Wozzeck)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Heinrich Nillius

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    5. Act I Scene 5, "Strasse vor Mariens Wohnung" (Street before Marie's Door): Geh einmal vor Dich hin! (Marie, Drum-major)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Walter Widdop, Suzanne Danco

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    6. Act II Scene 1, "Mariens Stube" (Marie's Room): Was die Steine glänzen? (Marie, Wozzeck)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Heinrich Nillius, Suzanne Danco

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    7. Act II Scene 2, "Strasse in der Stadt" (Street in Town): Wohin so eilig, gehertester, Herr Sargnagel? (Captain, Doctor, Wozzeck)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Parry Jones, Otakar Kraus, Heinrich Nillius

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    8. Act II Scene 3, "Strasse vor Mariens Wohnung" (Street before Marie's Door): Guten tag, Franz (Marie, Wozzeck)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Heinrich Nillius, Suzanne Danco

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    9. Act II Scene 4, "Wirtshausgarten" (Tavern Garden): Ich hab' ein Hemdlein an (Apprentices 1, 2, Wozzeck, Marie, Drum-major, Soldiers, Apprentices, Andres, Madman)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gordon Clinton, Fabian Smith, Heinrich Nillius, Suzanne Danco, Walter Widdop, John William Kentish, Frans Vroons

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    10. Act II Scene 5, "Wachstube in der Kaserne" (Guardroom in the Barracks): Oh, oh, Andres! Ich kann nicht schlafen (Wozzeck, Andres, Drum-major, A Soldier)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Heinrich Nillius, Frans Vroons, Walter Widdop, John William Kentish

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    11. Act III Scene 1, "Mariens Stube" (Marie's Room): Und ist kein Betrug in seinem Munde erfunden worden (Marie)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Suzanne Danco

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    12. Act III Scene 2, "Waldweg am Teich" (Forest Path by a Pool): Dort links geht's in die Stadt (Marie, Wozzeck)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Heinrich Nillius, Suzanne Danco

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    13. Act III Scene 3, "Schenke" (A Low Tavern): Tanzt Alle! (Wozzeck, Margret, Apprentices)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Heinrich Nillius, Mary Jarred, Suzanne Danco

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    14. Act III Scene 4, "Waldweg am Teich" (Forest Path by a Pool): Das Messer? Wo ist das Messer? (Wozzeck, Captain, Doctor)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Heinrich Nillius, Parry Jones, Otakar Kraus

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    15. Act III Scene 4: Adagio

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    16. Act III Scene 5, "Strasse vor Mariens Wohnung" (Street before Marie's Door): Ringel, Ringel, Rosenkranz, Ringelreih'n! (Children, Marie's Child)

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Suzanne Danco, Margaret Godley

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    17. Sir Adrian Boult recalls his years with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in conversation with Bernard Keeffe

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Adrian Boult, Bernard Keeffe

    18. I. Allegro

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Noel Mewton-Wood

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    19. II. Andante rapsodico

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Noel Mewton-Wood

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    20. III. Allegro capriccioso ma sempre giusto

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Noel Mewton-Wood

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    21. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    22. II. Andante moderato

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    23. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    24. IV. Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult


SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first appearance on disc of three historic live recordings by Sir Adrian Boult to mark the 40th anniversary of the pre-eminent British conductor’s death, including his complete 1949 account of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, Stravinsky’s Capriccio (1948), and Vaughan Williams’ Fourth Symphony (1965).

Boult had led the UK premiere of Berg’s excoriating opera in 1934, although only Act II of that performance survives. This complete 1949 recording with the BBC Symphony, Heinrich Nillius as Wozzeck, and Suzanne Danco as Marie – only the second UK performance – adds to Boult’s and the opera’s stature on disc. Recorded live in London’s Royal Albert Hall, it is a remarkable document of an exhilarating performance.

Boult’s pioneering championing of ‘new’ music is also heard in his recording of Stravinsky’s Capriccio, with the BBC Symphony and the prodigiously gifted Australian Noel Mewton-Wood at the piano.

Boult’s rare outing in 1965 with the Royal Opera House Orchestra saw him returning to a work he premiered 30 years earlier, Vaughan Williams’ Fourth Symphony. Under Boult’s baton it is a stirring and startling statement of loss and grief.

A bonus track features a revealing discussion of his 19-year tenure at the head of the BBC Symphony by Boult with Bernard Keeffe for BBC Radio in 1965.