Barry / Dupuis / Thimm / Markson - Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Lorca / Volkonsky / Leningrad Philharmonic - Mirror Suite [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/13/2004

Based on real events and playwright Georg Bu¨chner's starkly vehement text, Alban Berg's tragic opera Wozzeck is an epoch-making work, in stark contrast to the previous high romantic ideals of the genre, that led Schoenberg to exclaim Inchnow that's what I call an opera!Inch Immensely powerful and heartbreakingly moving as a drama, Wozzeck explores the victimisation, despair and madness of a central character who has no place in society, it's deeply humane message and sublimely innovative score firmly establishing it as a 20th-century masterpiece.

English 20th century chamber opera Turn of the Screw is one of Benjamin Britten's most popular works. Premiered in 1954, the opera is based on a novella of the same name by Henry James. This recording of the opera is taken from the Polish premier at the 19th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. The album is endorsed by the Ludwig van Beethoven Association. Lukasz Borowicz, under who's baton this recording was performed, said of the opera, InchIn terms of dramatic precision, it is a masterpiece. The composer oozes the discreet charm of evil, which in this work is both attractive and terrifying.Inch