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Strauss: Four Last Songs - Laws of Solitude / Asmik Grigorian
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Strauss: Four Last Songs - Laws of Solitude / Asmik Grigorian

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Details

Composer
Richard Strauss
Artist
Asmik Grigorian, Mikko Franck, Markus Hinterhauser
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Feb 16, 2024
Catalog #
ALPHA1046
UPC
3701624510469

About

Singer Asmik Grigorian has chosen to record both versions of Richard Strauss's ultimate masterpiece, composed in 1948: the version with orchestra and the much rarer version with piano. For her, this work is associated with the idea of solitude, but not an unhappy solitude, rather a journey towards infinity: "Now all my senses long to sink into slumber. And the soul, unguarded, longs to soar up in freedom, so that, in night’s magic circle, it may live deeply and a thousandfold." writes Hermann Hesse in Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep), the third song in the cycle. For this unique coupling, Asmik is joined by two long-time accomplices: conductor Mikko Franck, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and pianist Markus Hinterhauser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival. The combination of the two versions opens up new sensations: after the well-known abundance of Strauss's orchestration an incredible sensitivity is revealed by the piano version.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Frühling (Spring) 03:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Frühling (Spring)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  2. 2 No. 2. September 04:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. September
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  3. 3 No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime) 05:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime)
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  4. 4 No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow) 07:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow)
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  5. 5 No. 1. Frühling (Spring) 03:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. Frühling (Spring)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Markus Hinterhäuser
  6. 6 No. 2. September 05:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. September
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Markus Hinterhäuser
  7. 7 No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime) 05:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime)
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Markus Hinterhäuser
  8. 8 No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow) 08:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow)
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Markus Hinterhäuser