Berg, Dimitri Mitropoulos: Wozzeck - 2 x Vinyl Box - 1951 Modern Opera - NM Rare

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(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks EX. See pics and info for details.

Alban Berg, Dimitri Mitropoulos ‎– Wozzeck

Label:
 Columbia Masterworks ‎– SL-118
Format:
 2 × Vinyl, LP, Mono, 12", 33 RPM + extras
 Box Set
Country:
 US
Released:
 1951
Genre:
 Classical
Style:
 Opera, Modern, Twelve-tone

Tracklist

    Act I     
A1.1     Scene 1 - In The Barracks     
A1.2     Scene 2 - In A Field     
A1.3     Scene 3 - Marie's Room     

B1.1     Scene 4 - The Doctor's Study (Next Day)     
B1.2     Scene 5 - A Street     

    Act II     
B2.1     Scene 1 - Marie's Room     
B2.2     Scene 2 - A Street     

C1.1     Scene 3 - In Front Of Marie's House     
C1.2     Scene 4 - A Beer Garden     
C1.3     Scene 5 - The Barracks     

    Act III     
D1.1     Scene 1 - Marie's Room     
D1.2     Scene 2 - By A Pond     
D1.3     Scene 3 - A Tavern     
D1.4     Scene 4 - By A Pond     
D1.5     Scene 5 - A Street     

Credits

    Chorus – Chorus Of The Schola Cantorum
    Chorus [Children - Members Of] – High School Of Music And Art
    Chorus Master – Dr. Hugh Ross
    Composed By – Alban Berg
    Conductor – Dimitri Mitropoulos
    Design – Monogram, Stanley
    Libretto By [From The Book By] – Georg Büchner
    Liner Notes – Herbert F. Peyser
    Orchestra – Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York
    Vocals [1st Artisan] – Adolph Anderson
    Vocals [2nd Artisan] – Hubert Norville
    Vocals [Andres] – David Lloyd
    Vocals [Captain, Soldier, Idiot] – Joseph Mordino
    Vocals [Doctor] – Ralph Herbert
    Vocals [Drum Major] – Frederick Jagel
    Vocals [Margret] – Edwina Eustis
    Vocals [Marie] – Eileen Farrell
    Vocals [Wozzeck] – Mack Harrell

Notes

Sold for the benefit of the Pension Fund, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York.

** Included, extra libretto and rare Opera News Magazine on Wozzeck April 12 1969

- BIO -
 Wozzeck (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔtsɛk]) is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1914 and 1922 and first performed in 1925. The opera is based on the drama Woyzeck, which was left incomplete by the German playwright Georg Büchner at his death. Berg attended the first production in Vienna of Büchner's play on 5 May 1914, and knew at once that he wanted to base an opera on it.

 From the fragments of unordered scenes left by Büchner, Berg selected fifteen to form a compact structure of three acts with five scenes each. He adapted the libretto himself, retaining "the essential character of the play, with its many short scenes, its abrupt and sometimes brutal language, and its stark, if haunted, realism... - wikipedia
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