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Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie & Tod und Verklarung / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony
BR Klassik

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie & Tod und Verklarung / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony

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Details

Composer
STRAUSS, RICHARD
Artist
Jansons
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jan 06, 2017
Catalog #
900148
UPC
4035719001488

About


***This is the 100th Release of the BR-KLASSIK Label!***

At the age of just fifteen, the budding composer Richard Strauss (1864-1949) lost his way during a summer hike on the Heimgarten in the Bavarian Alps, and ended up in a thunderstorm. The next day, he fantasized about the experience on the piano. - Twenty years later, that memory had matured into a concept describing a one-day hike in the form of a symphonic poem, and in 1915 – a further fifteen years later – Strauss finally completed his masterpiece. The hike begins in the darkness before dawn, and after sunrise the ascent goes through a forest, past a stream and a waterfall, through meadows and pastures, and up to a glacier. The hiker then loses his way, and after several risky moments arrives at the summit, where he also experiences a vision. The weather then suddenly worsens, and the descent is accompanied by heavy rain and fierce thunderstorms. The eventful day - summarized in just sixty minutes of music - ends with a sunset, and darkness returns. "An Alpine Symphony" is probably Strauss' most famous symphonic poem. Its content is easily understandable, and the work became especially well-known for its gigantic orchestra. The music is far from heavy-handed, however, with many of the passages orchestrated like chamber music. Like a kind of greeting from the Bavarian Alps, as it were, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and its chief conductor Mariss Jansons have placed this masterpiece, and the music of Richard Strauss in general, on the programme of their forthcoming tour of Asia in late 2016. The live recording of “Alpine Symphony” concerts planned for October 2016 in Munich’s Philharmonie im Gasteig is enhanced on this latest release from BR-KLASSIK by the addition of Strauss’ symphonic poem "Death and Transfiguration", first performed in 1890; the recording here is of concerts performed in Munich in February 2014. – We thus have two very recent interpretations of two of this great German composer’s most important tone poems on one release.

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 Nacht (Night) - 02:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Nacht (Night) -
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  2. 2 Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise) - 01:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise) -
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  3. 3 Der Anstieg (The Ascent) - 02:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    Der Anstieg (The Ascent) -
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  4. 4 Eintritt in den Wald (Entry into the Wood) - 05:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    Eintritt in den Wald (Entry into the Wood) -
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  5. 5 Wanderung neben dem Bache (Wandering by the brook) - 00:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    Wanderung neben dem Bache (Wandering by the brook) -
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  6. 6 Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall) - 00:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall) -
    Duration
    00:16
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  7. 7 Erscheinung (Apparition) - 00:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    Erscheinung (Apparition) -
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  8. 8 Auf blumigen Wiesen (On Flowering Meadows) - 01:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    Auf blumigen Wiesen (On Flowering Meadows) -
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  9. 9 Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture) - 02:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture) -
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  10. 10 Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (Straying through Thicket and Undergrowth) - 01:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (Straying through Thicket and Undergrowth) -
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  11. 11 Auf dem Gletscher (On the Glacier) - 01:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    Auf dem Gletscher (On the Glacier) -
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  12. 12 Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (Dangerous Moments) - 01:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (Dangerous Moments) -
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  13. 13 Auf dem Gipfel (On the Summit) - 04:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    Auf dem Gipfel (On the Summit) -
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  14. 14 Vision - 03:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    Vision -
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  15. 15 Nebel steigen auf (Mists rise) - 00:20
    Track
    15
    Title
    Nebel steigen auf (Mists rise) -
    Duration
    00:20
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  16. 16 Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich (The Sun gradually darkens) - 00:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich (The Sun gradually darkens) -
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  17. 17 Elegie - 01:48
    Track
    17
    Title
    Elegie -
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  18. 18 Stille vor dem Sturm (Calm before the Storm) - 02:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    Stille vor dem Sturm (Calm before the Storm) -
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  19. 19 Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg (Thunder and Storm, Descent) - 04:22
    Track
    19
    Title
    Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg (Thunder and Storm, Descent) -
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  20. 20 Sonnenuntergang (Sunset) - 02:23
    Track
    20
    Title
    Sonnenuntergang (Sunset) -
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  21. 21 Ausklang (Final Sounds) - 06:06
    Track
    21
    Title
    Ausklang (Final Sounds) -
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  22. 22 Nacht (Night) 02:02
    Track
    22
    Title
    Nacht (Night)
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  23. 23 Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24, TrV 158 24:10
    Track
    23
    Title
    Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24, TrV 158
    Duration
    24:10
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons