2CDs | FLAC | Tracks:20 | 158:25 mins | HQ Scans | 3% Recovery | 721 MB
Classical | Year: 1994 | Label: Philips Classics Records | Language: Neutral
Though the long career of Richard Strauss spanned one of the most chaotic periods in political, social, and cultural history of the world, the composer retained his essentially Romantic aesthetic even into the age of television, jet engines, and atom bombs. Born in Munich in 1864, Strauss was the son of Franz Joseph Strauss, the principal hornist in the Munich Court Orchestra.
Strauss demonstrated musical aptitude at an early age, and extensive training in piano, violin, theory, harmony, and orchestration equipped him to produce music of extraordinary polish and maturity by the time he reached adulthood. His primary teachers had been his father, who was a musical conservative, and Ludwig Thuille, a Munich School composer and family friend. Strauss' Serenade for 13 Winds, Op. 7 (1881), written when he was 17, led conductor Hans von Bьlow to pronounce him "by far the most striking personality since Brahms." Bьlow was able to give Strauss his first commission and an assistant conductor position. Through new friendships, Strauss learned to admire the writings of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche and the music of Wagner and Liszt. He embarked on a long career of conducting and composing, which take him all over Europe and the U.S.
From the beginning of Strauss' career as a composer, it was evident that the orchestra was his natural medium. With the composition of the "symphonic fantasy" Aus Italien in 1886, Strauss embarked on a series of works that represents both one of the pivotal phases of his career and a body of music of central importance in the late German Romantic repertoire. Though he did not invent the tone poem per se, he brought it to its pinnacle. In such works as Don Juan (1888-1889), Ein Heldenleben (1897-1898), and Also sprach Zarathustra (1895-1896)—whose first minute or so, thanks to its use in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, is the composer's most readily recognizable music—Strauss displayed his abundant gift for exploiting the coloristic possibilities of the orchestra as a dramatic device like few composers ever had (or have since).
With the arrival of the twentieth century, after becoming conductor at Berlin's Hofoper, Strauss' interest turned more fully to opera, resulting in a body of unforgettable works that have long been fixtures of the repertoire: Salome (1903-1905), Elektra (1906-1908), and Der Rosenkavalier (1909-1910) are just a few of his best-known efforts for the stage. In 1919, Strauss became co-director of the Vienna Staatsoper, but was forced to resign five years later by his partner, Franz Schalk, who resented being left with many of the operational duties while Strauss was frequently away guest conducting or being feted as a great composer. When the political situation in Europe became malignant in the 1930s, profound political naпvetй led to Strauss' confused involvement the Nazi propaganda machine, and the composer eventually alienated both the Nazis and their opponents. With the end of World War II, however, he was permitted to resume his professional life, although it would be a mere echo of his previous fame. He began to have serious health problems, his financial situation had been compromised, and the monuments that embodied great German art for him—Goethe's Weimar house; the Dresden, Munich, and Vienna opera houses—had been destroyed. Throughout his last years, works such as the Oboe Concerto (1945) and the gorgeously expressive Four Last Songs (1948) attest to Strauss' unwavering confidence in his singular musical voice.
Track listing
CD1:
1. Don Juan, Op.20 16:34
2. Ein Heldenleben, Op.40 - Der Held 4:20
3. Ein Heldenleben, Op.40 - Des Helden Widersacher 3:32
4. Ein Heldenleben, Op.40 - Des Helden Gefдhrtin 13:52
5. Ein Heldenleben, Op.40 - Des Helden Walstatt 7:29
6. Ein Heldenleben, Op.40 - Des Helden Friedenswerke 6:12
7. Ein Heldenleben, Op.40 - Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung 11:39
8. Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche), Op. 28 14:54
CD2:
1. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Prelude (Sonnenaufgang) 2:01
2. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Von den Hinterweltlern 3:39
3. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Von der groЯen Sehnsucht 2:07
4. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften 2:01
5. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Das Grablied 2:22
6. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Von der Wissenschaft 4:30
7. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Der Genesende 5:04
8. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Das Tanzlied - Das Nachtlied 8:04
9. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - Das Nachtwandlerlied 4:24
10. Tod und Verklдrung, Op.24 26:53
11. Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59: Suites of Waltzes - First Suite of Waltzes 11:08
12. Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59: Suites of Waltzes - Second Suite of Waltzes 7:17
Total Time: 158:25 mins
Performer : Herman Krebbers (Violin)
Conductors:
- Bernard Haitink
- Eugen Jochum
Orchestra/Ensemble : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Composer : Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
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