{"product_id":"berg-wozzeck-berry-strauss-1","title":"BERG: WOZZECK  BERRY, STRAUSS,","description":"Boulez is not a 'tender' conductor; nor would he wish to be found one. But, as I said before, again and again he provides a revelation of the 'meaning' of a particular passage—simply by playing it exactly as it stands: not so simply, by his apparent ability to convey the intentions of the composer's creative mind. Two final examples: the hollow bang on the bass drum in the second scene, during Wozzeck's hallucination; and the celesta\/harp trickle, with other motifs exactly poised against it, while Marie in Scene 3 falls into a reverie. Each tells marvellously. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e -- Gramophone [2\/1967, reviewing the LP release]\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e -------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Berry [is] perhaps the best Wozzeck on record... [Boulez] is very good at nail-biting suspense and lucid clarification of complex textures...\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e -- Gramophone [2\/1989]\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sony Masterworks","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49709648085272,"sku":"5099707925124","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3816816.jpg?v=1777602424","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/berg-wozzeck-berry-strauss-1","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}