Alban Berg Leonard Bernstein Claudio Abbado - A Life In Music Isaac Stern Volume 11 (13 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Alban Berg, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado
A Life In Music: Isaac Stern, Volume 11
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Violin Concerto: 1. Andante; Allegretto
2. Violin Concerto: 2. Allegro; Adagio
3. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 1. Thema scherzoso con variazioni. Motto
4. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 1. Thema scherzoso con variazioni. Thema scherzoso
5. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 1. Thema scherzoso con variazioni. Variation 1
6. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 1. Thema scherzoso con variazioni. Variation 2: Langsames Walzertempo
7. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 1. Thema scherzoso con variazioni. Variation 3: Kr?ftig bewegt
8. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 1. Thema scherzoso con variazioni. Variation 4: Sehr rasch
9. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 1. Thema scherzoso con variazioni. Variation 5: Tempo primo
10. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 2. Adagio
11. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 3. Rondo ritmico con introduzione (cadenza). Introduzione
12. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 3. Rondo ritmico con introduzione (cadenza). Rondo ritmico
13. Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments: 3. Rondo ritmico con introduzione (cadenza). Coda

CD Details

All Artists: Alban Berg, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, New York Philharmonic, Members of the London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Serkin
Title: A Life In Music: Isaac Stern, Volume 11
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Release Date: 7/25/1995
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 074646450420

CD Reviews

Another Great Concerto from Stern

Michael B. Richman | Portland, Maine USA | 10/05/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Volume 11 of the "Isaac Sten: A Life in Music" series finds the great violinist playing the works of composer Alban Berg. The gem of this CD is Stern's 1959 account of the Berg Violin Concerto with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. This is my third recording of this piece (the others being the Perlman/Ozawa and the Mutter/Levine -- two highly acclaimed performances) and this vintage stereo title is my personal favorite. However, the 1985 recording of the Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with Thirteen Winds, with pianist Peter Serkin and conductor Claudio Abbado leading members of the London Symphony Orchestra, is not the best I have encountered. I would have to give the nod to the Barenboim/Zukerman/Boulez rendition on DG Originals over the performance presented here. In all though, another excellent disc in an enjoyable series."