Like Schönberg, Berg, and Webern, Adorno preferred to set contemporary poetry from the "expressionist decade." The present CD offers part of the ambitious oeuvre of an artist who made sociology and philosophy his career and yet would not be satisfied as merely a dilettante composer.The recordings released here were made in a concert presented by Frankfurt's Alte Oper in September 1988. Buchberger Quartett / Frankfurter Kammerchor / Hans Michael Benerle: conductor / Frankfurter Opernhaus- und Museumsorchester / Gary Bertini: conductor / Solisten des Tölzer Knabenchors.
1) Bewegt
2) Variationen
3) Bewegt Heftig
4) Sehr Ruhig
5) Sehr Lebhaft
6) Ausserst Langsam
7) Leicht
8) Sehr Langsam
9) Dammerung
10) Winter
11) Oft
12) Totenlied Auf Den Kater
13) Hucks Auftrittslied
14) Fruhlingsgesang
15) Lied Italienischer Marinari
16) Mai Lieber Mai - Bald Bist Du Wieder Da!
17) Erinnerung
18) Winterzeit
19) Knecht Ruprecht