Violin Concertos

Album by Alban Berg & Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Arthur Grumiaux & Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest & Igor Markevitch & Ernest Bour

Violin Concerto is the only violin concerto by Austrian composer Alban Berg, completed in 1935. The work blends late-Romantic lyricism with atonal and twelve-tone techniques, juxtaposing sombre, lyrical passages and abrupt expressionist gestures, and it occupies a pivotal place in Berg's late output and in the broader transition from Romanticism to serialism in early 20th-century music.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "To the Memory of an Angel": I. Andante - Allegro
    10:17
  2. 2.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "To the Memory of an Angel": II. Allegro - Adagio
    14:14
  3. 3.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D: I. Toccata
    5:42
  4. 4.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D: II. Aria I
    4:04
  5. 5.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D: III. Aria II
    4:30
  6. 6.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D: IV. Capriccio
    5:44

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