Berg By Arrangement: Music For Strings / Kovacic, NRM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra
Details
- Composer
- BERG, ALBAN
- Artist
- Kovacic
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Toccata
- Released
- Oct 14, 2014
- Catalog #
- TOCC0247
- UPC
- 5060113442475
About
These arrangements for string orchestra of works by Alban Berg take their cue from Berg himself: he arranged three of the six movements of the Lyric Suite for string orchestra; the Dutch composer Theo Verby arranged the other three. The CD includes an arrangement of Berg’s Piano Sonata for strings by Wijnand van Klaveren. Ernst Kovacic arranged Berg’s early works especially for this recording. The arrangements chart Berg’s development as a composer, from prentice pieces composed under the tutelage of Schoenberg to the rich, mature style of one of his masterpieces, the Lyric Suite, written to express an impassioned and illicit love. Ernst Kovacic is one of Austria’s best-known violinists as well as a conductor. Among the composers who have written works for him are Krenek, Holloway, Gruber and Schwertsik. Ernst Kovacic and the NRM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra’s previous Toccata release of music by Ernst Krenek (TOCC 0199), was received with universal enthusiasm, the reviewer for Fanfare writing: ‘This Toccata Classics CD is a model of fine production values…(and) magisterial performances…an absolute must for Krenek fanciers’.
REVIEW:
The Lyric Suite is played complete. It gains from the extra players, not only in obvious richness of sound, but in nuances of phrasing. The arrangements accomplish a broad range of expressive tonecolor, with nearly every conceivable string effect on display. In the trickier parts where there are several extremely chromatic legato lines playing against one another, they play accurately and in tune. The album is a curiosity for a limited audience, but they’ll be happy.
-- American Record Guide
Tracklist 14 tracks
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1 Piano Sonata, Op. 1 13:21
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Piano Sonata, Op. 1
- Duration
- 13:21
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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2 Menuet in D Minor 01:06
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Menuet in D Minor
- Duration
- 01:06
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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3 Adagio in F Major 02:03
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Adagio in F Major
- Duration
- 02:03
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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4 Sarabande in F Major 01:11
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Sarabande in F Major
- Duration
- 01:11
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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5 Variations in D Major 02:23
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Variations in D Major
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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6 Adagio in D Minor 01:28
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Adagio in D Minor
- Duration
- 01:28
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
-
7 Menuet in C Minor 01:12
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Menuet in C Minor
- Duration
- 01:12
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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8 Canon 02:36
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Canon
- Duration
- 02:36
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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9 I. Allegretto giovale 03:37
- Track
- 9
- Title
- I. Allegretto giovale
- Duration
- 03:37
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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10 II. Andante amoroso 07:04
- Track
- 10
- Title
- II. Andante amoroso
- Duration
- 07:04
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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11 III. Allegro misterioso 04:19
- Track
- 11
- Title
- III. Allegro misterioso
- Duration
- 04:19
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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12 IV. Adagio appassionato 06:12
- Track
- 12
- Title
- IV. Adagio appassionato
- Duration
- 06:12
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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13 V. Presto delirando 05:14
- Track
- 13
- Title
- V. Presto delirando
- Duration
- 05:14
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic
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14 VI. Largo desolato 07:04
- Track
- 14
- Title
- VI. Largo desolato
- Duration
- 07:04
- Composer
- Alban Berg
- Ensemble
- NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
- Conductor
- Ernst Kovacic