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Claudio Abbado conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera in a powerful recording of Alban Berg's influential opera, Wozzeck, a terrifyingly great portrayal of a soldier who is tormented and mocked by his superiors until he loses reason.
Peter Mussbach's highly stylized production heightens the emotional intensity of this searing work and becomes an agonizing lament over lost innocence.
"I believe this recording is the only video version available. Luckily it is a good one. The cast is universally excellent, particularly Franz Grundheber's Wozzeck, who manages to evince sympathy… The orchestral interludes, so perceptively performed by Abbado, enhance and heighten the tension…"
- Peter Bates, Classical.net
