Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra & Krzysztof Urbański

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949):
• 1Don Juan, Op. 2017:29
• 2Till Eulenspiegels lustige streiche, Op. 2815:02
• Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30:
• 3Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Einleitung02:11
• 4Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: II. Von den Hinterweltlern03:19
• 5Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: III. Von der großen Sehnsucht02:02
• 6Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: IV. Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften02:00
• 7Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: V. Das Grablied02:04
• 8Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: VI. Von der Wissenschaft03:53
• 9Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: VII. Der Genesende04:54
• 10Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: VIII. Das Tanzlied08:00
• 11Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: IX. Das Nachtwandlerlied04:22
• Total Runtime01:05:16

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Is the imitation of rolling thunder, howling winds and bleating sheep a form of musical composition worthy of the name? Can we take seriously a composer who boasts of being able to ‘set a restaurant menu to music, if need be’? These were the kinds of questions that Richard Strauss, one of the most virtuosic composers of the so-called ‘programme music’, had to ask himself. His answer: ‘I am a musician from head to toe; for me, all “programmes” are merely incentives to invent new forms, nothing else.’ The NDR Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Urbański, has chosen to devote its sixth Alpha Classics recording to three of Richard Strauss’s most famous symphonic poems: Also sprach Zarathustra op. 30, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche op. 28 and Don Juan op. 20.

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Krzysztof Urbański, conductor

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