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Luciano Berio
Italian composer
- From
- Imperia, Italy
- Active
- 1925–2003
- Rating
- ★ 4
- Releases
- 105
- classical
- avant-garde
- contemporary classical
- electroacoustic
- experimental
- experimental electronic
About
Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular Sequenza, his series of solo pieces using extended techniques, and his 1968 orchestral composition Sinfonia) and for his pioneering work in electronic music. His early work was influenced by Igor Stravinsky and experiments with serial and electronic techniques, while his later works explore indeterminacy and the use of spoken texts as the basic material for composition.
Discography
Albums
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Berio: Circles / Bussotti: Frammento / Cage: Aria With Fontana Mix
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Electronic Music III
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Electronic Music
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The New Music, Volume 3
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Laborintus 2
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Sinfonia
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Différences / Sequenza III / Sequenza IV / Due Pezzi / Chamber Music
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Stockhausen: Klavierstücke IX & XI / Berio: Cinque Variazioni / Berio: Sequenza IV
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A-Ronne / Cries of London
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Berio Conducts Berio
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Sinfonia / Eindrücke
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Stravinsky / Boulez / Denisov / Stockhausen / Berio
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Coro
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Werke für Flöte Solo
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Voci / Requies / Corale
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Corale / Chemins II & IV / Ritorno degli snovidenia / Points on the Curve to Find
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Formazioni / Folk Songs / Sinfonia
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Songs
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Passaggio / Visage
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Circles / Sequenza I / Sequenza III / Sequenza V
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Berio: Momenti / Thema – Omaggio a Joyce / Visage / Maderna: Le Rire / Invenzione su una voce
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Berio: Duetti / Maderna: Widmung / Kurtag: Huit Duos
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New Piano Works From Europe and the Americas
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20th Century Music for Unaccompanied Clarinet
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Recital 1 for Cathy / Folk songs / Weill-Berio: Songs
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Carter: Partita / Berio: Continuo / Takemitsu: Visions
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Points on the Curve to Find... / Folk Songs / Sequenza VII / Laborintus II
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Piano Recital
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Haydn: Streichquartette, op. 77 / Berio: Notturno
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Duetti / Sequenza / Due pezzi / Corale
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Canticum novissimi Testamenti II / Sinfonia
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Emotion: Trumpet Solo Pieces
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The Complete Works for Solo Piano
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Un Re in ascolto
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Rendering
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Sequenzas
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Harp XX
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Ekphrasis (Continuo II) / Coro
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Works for Solo Viola
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Elogio per un'ombra
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Berio: Duetti per due violini / Denisov: Sonata for Two Violins
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Au Commencement Monteverdi
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Hammered Brass
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The String Quartets
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Opus Number Zoo: Twentieth Century Wind Quintets
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Voci
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Epifanie / Coro
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Sinfonia
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Rendering / Stanze
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Complete Piano Works
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Canticum Novissimi Testamenti / A-Ronne
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Orchestral Transcriptions
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Music for Violins
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The Great Works for Voice
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The Complete Sequenzas, Alternate Sequenzas & Works for Solo Instruments
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Sequenzas I-XIV
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Sequenzas I, IV, VIII, IXa & XIV / Due pezzi / Musica leggera / Les mots sont allés... / Lied
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Berio / Feldman
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Dedicated to Christian Lindberg
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Brahms arr. Schönberg: Piano Quartet / Brahms arr. Berio: Clarinet Sonata
Live
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musica viva #50: Luciano Berio / Vito Žuraj
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Trombone Concertos
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Schubert/Berio: Rendering per Orchestra / Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, KV 297b (Urfassung) / Symphony in D major, KV 385 “Haffner”
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2009-06-09: Festival Agora, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
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2008-11-28: Salle des Concerts de la Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
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2008-10-10: Festival Présences, Maison de Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris, France
Compilations
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Dialodie
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Boulez Conducts Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio
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Look Both Ways
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Streichquartett / Streichquartett Nr.4 / Notturno (Quartetto III)
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Berio: Linea / Sequenza VIII / Chamber Music / Maderna: Serenata per un satellite / Giardino religioso / Concerto no. 2 for Oboe
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Schoenberg / Berio / Carter / Kurtág / Xenakis
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Songs Cathy Sang
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Xenakis: Orient-Occident / Berio: Momenti / Omaggio a Joyce / Maderna: Continuo / Kagel: Transition 1
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Also known as
Luciano Bério
Tags
- composer
- italian composer
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- d61e77cc-80b3-4586-bf4e-91fe7f13165e
- ISNI
- 0000000122841423
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