Chris Bonds ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >It is a modern masterpiece, (IMO). Perlman and Mutter have recorded it. >There is also a recording with Louis Krasner and the BBC Sym that is of >great historical importance, being the 2nd performance ever of the work. >Krasner as you may know was the dedicatee of the work (although the >inspiration for it was the death of Manon Gropius). And commissioner, IIRC. But you omit one of the most important aspects of this recording - it is conducted by Anton Webern, who was scheduled to conduct the premiere in Barcelona, but who was so affected by Berg's death that he withdrew at < 24 hours notice and the performance was taken over by Hermann Scherchen. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]