The Seven Early Songs as they appear here are revisions, or to be even more precise, revisions of reworkings of Berg's own compositions. Together with many others, the songs were composed during the years 1905 to 1908, that is, at a time when Berg was already studying with Arnold Schoenberg. They were not a part of these studies but nevertheless cannot be seen as completely independent of Schoenberg's influence, since three of them, Die Nachtigall, Liebesode, and Traumgekrönt, were first perform...

Nacht/Night (Hauptmann) 3min 20s (A major/F sharp minor) Schilflied/Song Amongst the Reeds (Lenau) 2min (F minor) Die Nachtigall/The Nightingale (Storm) 1min 40s (D major) Traumgekrönt/A Crown of Dreams (Rilke) 2min 20s (G minor) Im Zimmer/Indoors (Schlaf) 50s (B major) Liebesode/Lovers' Ode (Hartleben) 1min 35s (F sharp minor) Sommertage/Summer Days (Hohenberg) 1min 20s (C minor)