Tone Poems, Vol. 1 (Incls 'Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40')
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Tone Poems, Vol. 1 (Incls 'Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40')
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Francois-Xavier Roth
[ Hanssler / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 10 October 2013
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This CD marks the beginning of a new recording cycle of the complete symphonic poems of Richard Strauss as performed by the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg and their principal conductor, François-Xavier Roth.
Future volumes will be released during the coming years, at the rate of two CDs per year. Already in his first release with hänssler CLASSIC of Mahler's 1st Symphony, the French conductor has made it clear that he has both the strength as well as the sensitivity to build delicate orchestral colors - exactly what is necessary with Richard Strauss' works. And with his orchestra, Roth has one of the best ensembles in Germany.
Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2013
"the combination of his muscly, forward-moving approach, with not an ounce of fat on it, and perhaps most stunning engineering accorded to the master orchestrator yet, mean that both the mock-epic composer hero of Ein Heldenleben and the dying man of Tod und Verklärung make their momentous journeys without sag or stress...these performances pulse with ideal life." (BBC Music)
Tracks:
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
