Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 40 (TrV 190)
Metamorphosen, study for 23 solo strings, o.Op. 142 (TrV 290, AV 142)
Don Quixote, fantastic variations for cello & orchestra, Op. 35 (TrV 184)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 1. Ouverture zum ersten Aufzug (Overture to Act 1)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 2. Menuett (Minuet)
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 40 (TrV 190)
Metamorphosen, study for 23 solo strings, o.Op. 142 (TrV 290, AV 142)
Don Quixote, fantastic variations for cello & orchestra, Op. 35 (TrV 184)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 1. Ouverture zum ersten Aufzug (Overture to Act 1)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 2. Menuett (Minuet)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 3. Der Fechtmeister (The Fencing Master)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 4. Auftritt und Tanz der Schneider (Entrance and Dance of the Tailors)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 5. Das Menuett des Lully (Lully's Minuet)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 8. Vorspiel zum zweiten Aufzug (Intermezzo: Prelude to Act 2)
Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): 9. Das Diner (The Dinner)
What a terrific collection of classic English interpretations of the orchestral music of Richard Strauss! Three of the four recordings here are from the postwar period with Thomas Beecham leading the Royal Philharmonic, while the fourth is from 1967 with John Barbirolli leading the New Philharmonia. But whomever and whenever they come from, the performances here are all consistently impressive. Beecham's Strauss is brave and bold, but also urbane and even a bit ironic. Beecham's 1958 Ein Heldenleben is dashing but also ...
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What a terrific collection of classic English interpretations of the orchestral music of Richard Strauss! Three of the four recordings here are from the postwar period with Thomas Beecham leading the Royal Philharmonic, while the fourth is from 1967 with John Barbirolli leading the New Philharmonia. But whomever and whenever they come from, the performances here are all consistently impressive. Beecham's Strauss is brave and bold, but also urbane and even a bit ironic. Beecham's 1958 Ein Heldenleben is dashing but also debonair, while his Don Quixote with cellist Paul Tortelier and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme from 1947 are brilliantly polished, brightly colorful but also a tad insouciant. While the young Tortelier plays his part with all sincerity, Beecham's accompaniment seems subtly to undermine the work's protagonist with barbed remarks from the winds and pointed comments from the brass.On the other hand, there's nothing ironic about Barbirolli's harrowing 1967 Metamorphosen. With the string of the New...
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