Lulu

This 1979 studio recording of Alban Berg's opera Lulu features Teresa Stratas in the title role with Pierre Boulez conducting the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris. Berg's score combines late-Romantic orchestration with twelve-tone and expressionist techniques, yielding dense, highly detailed textures and intense psychological drama. Boulez's interpretation emphasizes clarity and precision in the complex orchestral writing, while the soloists navigate technically demanding, highly expressive vocal lines, making the set a notable modern-era interpretation of the work.