Berg - Lulu / Migenes · Fassbaender · Adam · Hotter · Maazel [Box set]

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Lorin Maazel's tenure at the Wiener Staatsoper lasted a mere two seasons in the early 1980s. And his penchant for performing 20th-century works while in Vienna was decidedly unpopular. But as this reading of Berg's great, famously unfinished Lulu signals, Maazel did fabulous work, dramatically and sonically. The fact that this Lulu was recorded live costs the overall program in certain spots--especially where accidental contact was made with a microphone, creating slight recorded bumps. More remarkable is the great level of contrast Maazel and the instrumentalists maintained even during the greatest twists in the 12-note row that Berg hyperexamines throughout the score. Not only do the strings tell late-Romantic tales that seem ever askew, but the vibraphone rings with nervous clarity, and the saxophones emit strange wafts as Julia Migenes mirrors Lulu's descent with palpable tension in her artful vocal frayings. Not since Pierre Boulez's Lulu on Deutsche Grammophon has this work rung so hair-raisingly. --Andrew Bartlett

Berg - Lulu / Migenes · Fassbaender · Adam · Hotter · Maazel,Alban Berg,Lorin Maazel,Julia Migenes,Brigitte Fassbaender,Theo Adam,Hans Hotter,Axelle Gall,Margarete Bence,Franz Kasemann,Oskar Czerwenka,Wiener Staatsoper,RCA,Classical,Classical Music,German/Austrian 20th/21st Century Opera,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

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Average customer rating: Not worth the money

Berg - Lulu / Migenes · Fassbaender · Adam · Hotter · Maazel Alban Berg , Lorin Maazel , Julia Migenes , Brigitte Fassbaender , Theo Adam , Hans Hotter , Axelle Gall , Margarete Bence , Franz Kasemann , Oskar Czerwenka , and Wiener Staatsoper Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berg | Berg, Alban | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Maazel, Lorin | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DMUV Release Date: 1998-11-24

Tracks:

1. LULU: Prologue: 'Hereinspaziert in die Menagerie'
2. LULU: Act One - Scene 1: 'Darf ich eintrete?' (Alwa, Dr. Schon, Lulu)
3. LULU: Act One - Scene 1: 'Gnadige Frau... Frau Madizinalrat...' (Lulu)
4. LULU: Act One - Scene 1: 'Machen Sie auf!' (Lulu)
5. LULU: Act One - Scene 1: 'Nicht wieder zur Besinnung gekomen?' (Lulu)
6. LULU: Act One - Scene 1: 'Ich mochte tauschen mit dir, du Toter!'
7. LULU: Act One - Scene 1: Verwandlungsmusik - Transitional Music
8. LULU: Act One - Scene 2: 'Eva?' - Befehlen?' (Lulu)
9. LULU: Act One - Scene 2: 'Ich finde, du siehst heute reizend aus' (Lulu)
10. LULU: Act One - Scene 2: 'Den hab ich mir auch ganz anders vorgestellt' (Lulu, Schigolch)
11. LULU: Act One - Scene 2: 'Was tut denn ihr Vater da?' (Lulu, Dr. Schon)
12. LULU: Act One - Scene 2: 'Du hast eine halbe Million geheiratet' (Lulu, Dr. Schon)
13. LULU: Act One - Scene 2: Verwandlungsmusik - Transitional Music
14. LULU: Act One - Scene 3: 'Seit Ich fur die Buhne arbeite' (Alwa, Lulu)
15. LULU: Act One - Scene 3: 'Ich hatte bei Herrn Dr. Schon das Vergnugen' (Alwa)
16. LULU: Act One - Scene 3: 'Das hattest du dir besser erspart' (Alwa, Lulu, Dr. Schon)
17. LULU: Act One - Scene 3: 'Wie kannst du die Szene gegen mich ausspielen?' (Dr. Schon, Lulu)

Tracks:

1. LULU: Act Two - Scene 1: 'Sie glauben nicht, wie ich mich darauf freue' (Lulu, Dr. Schon)
2. LULU: Act Two - Scene 1: Konntest du dich fur heute nachmittag nicht freimachen?' (Lulu, Dr. Schon)
3. LULU: Act Two - Scene 1: 'Gott sei dank, dass wir endlich zuhause sind' (Schigolch, Lulu)
4. LULU: Act Two - Scene 1: 'Die Matinee wird, wie ich mir denke...' (Lulu, Dr. Schon, Alwa)
5. LULU: Act Two - Scene 1: 'Wo ist denn der hin?' (Lulu, Dr. Schon, Grafin Geschwitz)
6. LULU: Act Two - Scene 1: 'Wenn sich die Menschen um meinetwillen...' (Lulu, Dr. Schon, Alwa, Grafin Geschwitz)
7. LULU: Act Two - Scene 1: Verwandlungsmusik - Transitional Music
8. LULU: Act Two - Scene 2: 'Er lasst auf sich warten' (Alwa, Schigolch, Grafin Geschwitz)
9. LULU: Act Two - Scene 2: 'Sie wollten der verruckten Rakete noch Geld geben?' (Alwa)
10. LULU: Act Two - Scene 2: 'Hu, kleine Lulu' (Lulu, Alwa, Schigolch)
11. LULU: Act Two - Scene 2: 'O Freiheit! Herrgott im Himmel!' (Lulu, Alwa)
12. LULU: Act Two - Scene 2: 'Jetzt liegt sie da druben' (Lulu, Alwa)

Tracks:

1. LULU: Act Three - Scene 1: 'Meine Herren und Damen'
2. LULU: Act Three - Scene 1: 'Sag es nur gleich heraus' (Lulu)
3. LULU: Act Three - Scene 1: 'Brillant, es geht brillant' (Alwa)
4. LULU: Act Three - Scene 1: 'Aber warum verfolgst du denn die Geschwitz' (Lulu)
5. LULU: Act Three - Scene 1: 'Ich brauche namlich notwendig Geld' (Schigold, Lulu)
6. LULU: Act Three - Scene 1: 'Mein liebes Herz' (Grafin Geschwitz, Lulu)
7. LULU: Act Three - Scene 1: 'Wollen Sie wohl diese Aktie akzeptieren'
8. LULU: Act Three - Scene 1: Verwandlungsmusik - Transitional Music
9. LULU: Act Three - Scene 2: 'Der Regen trommelt' (Alwa, Schigolch)
10. LULU: Act Three - Scene 2: 'Wenn ich dir ungelegen komme' (Grafin Geschwitz, Schigold, Lulu, Alwa)
11. LULU: Act Three - Scene 2: 'Komm herein mein Schatz' (Lulu, Alwa, Schigolch, Grafin Geschwitz)
12. LULU: Act Three - Scene 2: 'Nein, wenn sie mich heute' (Grafin Geschwitz, Lulu)

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Lorin Maazel's tenure at the Wiener Staatsoper lasted a mere two seasons in the early 1980s. And his penchant for performing 20th-century works while in Vienna was decidedly unpopular. But as this reading of Berg's great, famously unfinished Lulu signals, Maazel did fabulous work, dramatically and sonically. The fact that this Lulu was recorded live costs the overall program in certain spots--especially where accidental contact was made with a microphone, creating slight recorded bumps. More remarkable is the great level of contrast Maazel and the instrumentalists maintained even during the greatest twists in the 12-note row that Berg hyperexamines throughout the score. Not only do the strings tell late-Romantic tales that seem ever askew, but the vibraphone rings with nervous clarity, and the saxophones emit strange wafts as Julia Migenes mirrors Lulu's descent with palpable tension in her artful vocal frayings. Not since Pierre Boulez's Lulu on Deutsche Grammophon has this work rung so hair-raisingly. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Not worth the money.......1999-10-06

A Lulu to leave you cold: Maazel's conducting is far from the electrifying, and cossets the music far too much. The good cast is not put to use as it should be.

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