Berg by Arrangement
These arrangements for string orchestra of works by Alban Berg — some by Berg himself, others by later musicians — chart his development as a composer, from prentice pieces composed under the tutelage of Arnold Schoenberg to the rich, mature style of one of his masterpieces, the Lyric Suite, written to express an impassioned and illicit love.
Ernst Kovacic, conductor
NFM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra, chamber orchestra
Listen To This Recording:
- Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (1908, arr. 2011)
- Menuet in D minor
- Adagio in F major
- Sarabande in F major
- Variations on an Original Theme in D major
- Adagio in D minor, ‘On a Poem of Dehmel’
- Menuet in C minor
- Kanon (1930, arr. 1987)
- I Allegretto giovale
- II Andante amoroso
- III Allegro misterioso
- IV Adagio appassionato
- V Presto delirando
- VI Largo desolato
Early Pieces (1904–7, arr. 2014)
Lyric Suite (1925–26, arr. 1927, 2005)
The Sunday Time :
‘Berg’s Opus 1 Piano Sonata in Wijnand van Klaveren’s powerful adaptation is almost more impressive than the original: an astringent threnody.’
—Paul Driver, The Sunday Times