Renée Flemming: Alban Berg - Lieder Op. 4 "Altenberg Lieder" (Lucerne Festival, Claudio Abbado)

Live recording from the Lucerne Festival, 2005
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado - conductor
Renée Fleming - soprano
Alban Berg - Songs Opus 4 "Altenberg-Lieder"
Five Orchestral Songs after Texts from Postcards by Peter Altenberg
1:05 I. Seele, wie bist du schöner
3:34 II. Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald
4:34 III. Über die Grenzen des All
6:11 IV. Nichts ist gekommen
7:34 V. Hier ist Friede
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Claudio Abbado as its conductor made triumphal headlines worldwide: from «the miracle of Lucerne» (Tagesspiegel) to «superbe et éphèmère» (Le Figaro). When Abbado and his newly founded Orchestra perform at the Lucerne Festival 2005, the whole musical world looks again to Lucerne. The programme of this concert recording is exquisite: Alban Berg’s “Altenberg Lieder” with world star Renée Fleming is followed by a performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.7.
“I have rarely heard any soprano attach such colour and dynamic shape…” Die Welt
“Incomparably, a wonderful orchestra.” Neue Zürcher Zeitung