The operas and symphonic poems of Richard Strauss continue to be his most popular works, and there have been many reissues of them in 2014 to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. However, his rather large body of vocal music has remained largely neglected, and even in the flurry of activity surrounding the birthday celebrations, there have been few releases of this wealth of material. German label TwoPianists has prepared for this exigency by issuing an authoritative box set of nine CDs that cover Strauss' extant output ...
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The operas and symphonic poems of Richard Strauss continue to be his most popular works, and there have been many reissues of them in 2014 to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. However, his rather large body of vocal music has remained largely neglected, and even in the flurry of activity surrounding the birthday celebrations, there have been few releases of this wealth of material. German label TwoPianists has prepared for this exigency by issuing an authoritative box set of nine CDs that cover Strauss' extant output of 179 lieder and 2 melodramas, produced under the careful direction of mezzo-soprano and Strauss expert Brigitte Fassbaender. She has selected the German singers for the project, several of whom are established Strauss interpreters, and she has taken pains to make this set a standard reference, including two of Strauss' songs that receive their premiere recordings here, Aus der Kindheit and Herbstabend. A contemporary of Gustav Mahler and Hugo Wolf, Strauss composed songs in a...
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Add this copy of Comp Voice & Piano to cart. $102.50, like new condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by TwoPianists.
