With the Nazis’ rise to power Berg’s music was labelled ‘degenerate’, and as performances of his work diminished, so did his income. Work on Lulu was interrupted by the composition of his Violin ...

‘The first movement is tonally silken and shaped by Petrenko with the hypnotic skill of a Celibidache’ Contrasts in tempo are far less acute when it comes to comparing Berg’s Concerto in Zimmermann’s ...