Eugene Ormandy conducts Richard Strauss
The 4-album Richard Strauss set gathers together all of their early 1960s recordings of the famous tone poems along with Salome’s Dance, the Rosenkavalier and Bürger als Edelmann suites, the Burleske with soloist Rudolf Serkin and the First Horn Concerto, featuring Philadelphia principal Mason Jones. An early review in High Fidelity best summed up their powerful appeal in Strauss’s music: “There is no doubt that, for sheer gorgeousness, the Philadelphians have no peers.” More recent assessments in the Penguin Guide reaffirm that verdict: “Virtuoso orchestral playing … and many felicities of characterization” [Also sprach Zarathustra]; “Marvelous orchestral playing and the two soloists play splendidly with plenty of character” [Don Quixote]; “An extraordinarily voluptuous Philadelphia performance … Ormandy directs with licentious abandon, and the orchestra responds with tremendous virtuosity and ardor” [Salome’s Dance]; “Ormandy’s Ein Heldenleben is an engulfing performance, and the composite richness of tone and the fervor of the playing … bring the highest possible level of orchestral tension.”
Product Description:
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Release Date: March 13, 2020
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UPC: 194397095326
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Catalog Number: 19439709532
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Label: Sony Music Entertainment
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Number of Discs: 4
Period: "Romantic, 20th Century"
Composer: Richard Strauss
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Performer: Lorne Munroe, Carlton Cooley, Rudolf Serkin, Mason Jones
Works:
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Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Don Quixote, Op. 35
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Performer: Lorne Munroe (Cello), Carlton Cooley (Viola)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Don Juan, Op. 20
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op. 60
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Der Rosenkavalier: Suite, TrV 227
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Salome, Op. 54 "Dance of the Seven Veils"
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, TrV 145
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Performer: Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
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Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 11
Composer: Richard Strauss
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Performer: Maon Jones (Horn)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy