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Composed in , this ground-breaking electronic music work — the first to blend a recorded human voice with electronic sounds — was not commercially released until when it was issued by Deutsche Grammophon on LP. Deutsche Grammophon Berg never completed the orchestration of his second opera Lulu, a lurid three-act drama with a tragic anti-heroine. His wife Helene banned its completion, only allowing its two-act version to be performed.

But after her death, composer and conductor Friedrich Cerha took on the task of finishing the opera: this is the version immortalised here under the baton of Pierre Boulez. Teresa Stratas is an unforgettable Lulu. The result was a recording that, despite the lesser quality of the sound reproduction, many today still view as definitive. This recording is the first of three in our chart in which Britten conducts his own work. His hauntingly claustrophobic sea-borne opera receives a definitive performance, superbly captured by producer John Culshaw.

Recorded live in concert just weeks before the Anschluss in , it was known that both Bruno Walter himself and the many Jewish players in the orchestra would soon be forced to leave.

The resulting performance is extraordinarily moving. Home Features Recordings The 50 greatest recordings of all time. All products and recordings are chosen independently by our editorial team.

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