Lulu

Album by Alban Berg & Lisa Saffer & English National Opera Orchestra & Paul Daniel

Lulu is an opera by Austrian composer Alban Berg, composed between 1929 and 1935. The work blends twelve-tone serial techniques with late-Romantic harmonic language, expressionist vocal writing and richly textured orchestration, marking a late-stage development in Berg's output and in the evolution of the Second Viennese School.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Lulu: Prologue. Roll up, roll up for the menagerie
    4:20
  2. 2.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. Am I trespassing?
    2:01
  3. 3.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. Gnädige Frau... Frau Medizinalrat...
    1:38
  4. 4.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. You are far too slow to capture me
    0:51
  5. 5.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. What's happening?
    0:46
  6. 6.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. Open the door!
    0:56
  7. 7.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. Just wait, he'll jump right up...
    1:31
  8. 8.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. Can't you help him recover his senses?
    2:12
  9. 9.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. You make me jealous, you lucky bastard!
    1:43
  10. 10.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 1. Please help me do this up
    2:43
  11. 11.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 2. Eva! - What is it? (i)
    1:09
  12. 12.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 2. Eva! - What is it? (ii)
    1:53
  13. 13.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 2. He's not quite what I imagined him to be
    4:16
  14. 14.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 2. If you and I married
    6:26
  15. 15.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 2. So? - Your marriage has made you at least a million marks...
    5:03
  16. 16.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 2. Don't talk so loud
    3:26
  17. 17.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 2. Verwandlung
    3:26
  18. 18.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 3. I've never in my life known an audience so excited
    2:15
  19. 19.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 3. More for me, please
    1:31
  20. 20.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 3. That girl and her lovers
    1:11
  21. 21.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 3. I met her first at Dr Schön's
    1:32
  22. 22.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 3. She's had a sort of fainting fit
    0:33
  23. 23.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 3. What's wrong with her?
    1:09
  24. 24.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 3. How dare you attempt to ruin my well-laid plans?
    5:01
  25. 25.
    Lulu: Act 1. Scene 3. Take this pen and paper
    3:01

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. Delighted that you will be there this evening
    3:18
  2. 3.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. Why not stay here?
    1:58
  3. 4.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. Thank the Lord, that at last we're...
    2:22
  4. 5.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. You know it's she he really wanted to marry
    0:44
  5. 6.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. I hope you locked the windows
    1:38
  6. 7.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. The matinée will be lit by ultra-violet light
    3:15
  7. 8.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. Is he ill?
    2:54
  8. 9.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. His father!
    0:56
  9. 10.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. And where did he go?
    2:54
  10. 11.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. Even though men have killed themselves because of who I am
    2:27
  11. 12.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. Kneel down, murderous bitch!
    2:41
  12. 13.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. You can't deliver me up for trial!
    1:05
  13. 14.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 1. Film Music
    2:57
  14. 15.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 2. We're like the players waiting for a bandleader
    4:30
  15. 16.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 2. This way is shorter
    6:09
  16. 17.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 2. Hey, little Lulu, it's time we scarpered over the border
    4:14
  17. 18.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 2. You're still as ravishing and youthful as in your portrait
    3:45
  18. 19.
    Lulu: Act 2. Scene 2. Beneath this dress I feel your form in harmony
    3:57

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. Gentlemen and Ladies!
    2:43
  2. 4.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. Get to the point and say how much you want from me
    0:51
  3. 5.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. Of the countless nubile, fun-loving lasses
    2:08
  4. 6.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. The magistrate will reward anyone who finds the murderers
    3:06
  5. 7.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. It's good! It's looking good!
    1:34
  6. 8.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. May I intrude?
    2:18
  7. 9.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. Message for the Bank Director
    0:58
  8. 10.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. I need some money, in ready cash
    3:27
  9. 11.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. You could at least treat me with respect!
    2:38
  10. 12.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. Martha!
    2:20
  11. 13.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. I have lost all my money
    2:08
  12. 14.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 1. What the hell is this?
    3:32
  13. 15.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 2. The rain's beating a tattoo
    4:33
  14. 16.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 2. If this is not the ideal moment
    5:52
  15. 17.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 2. Come along in, my love! Come!
    3:30
  16. 18.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 2. Doctor Alwa's gone off to sleep
    2:40
  17. 19.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 2. Who is that?
    4:58
  18. 20.
    Lulu: Act 3. Scene 2. These are the last few moments
    3:39

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