Berg: Three Pieces from Lyric Suite – Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
6/2/2023, 6 Tracks, 56:57
Featuring
Franz Welser-Möst
The Cleveland Orchestra
Alban Berg
Richard Strauss
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Historical Context
Severance Music Center, home to The Cleveland Orchestra for over 90 years, was hailed as one of the world's most beautiful concert halls when it opened in 1931.
Performer Biography
Franz Welser-Möst, the conductor on this album, has been the music director of The Cleveland Orchestra since 2002 and is set to become the longest-serving musical leader in its history.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded live in Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center in Cleveland, Ohio, with both PCM Stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes available.
Composition History
Richard Strauss's Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, compiled by Franz Welser-Möst, draws material from each of the opera's three acts.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Though Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier is set in 18th-century Austria, he used the 19th-century Viennese waltz to comment on old-fashioned social customs.
Composition History
Alban Berg's Three Pieces from Lyric Suite originated as a six-movement string quartet, which he later arranged for string orchestra in 1928.
Compositional Technique
Berg's Lyric Suite combines Arnold Schoenberg's 12-tone techniques with elements of early 19th-century romanticism, and includes coded initials of Berg and his love interest, Hanna Fuchs-Robettin.
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