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Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite; Tod und Verklärung; Macbeth / Lan Shui, Singapore SO
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Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite; Tod und Verklärung; Macbeth / Lan Shui, Singapore SO

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Details

Composer
STRAUSS, RICHARD
Artist
Shui
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
May 01, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2342
UPC
7318599923420

About

Generally acknowledged as one of the great masters of the late-Romantic symphony orchestra, Richard Strauss understood like few others how to use the rich palette of instrumental colours to portray larger-than-life passions and emotions. He did so in a series of pioneering symphonic poems – often choosing as his subject extraordinary characters such as Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel and Don Quixote. But before either of these, in his very first tone poem, he composed a portrayal of Macbeth, his ferociously ambitious wife and their downfall. It is with this rarely played work that Lan Shui and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra open their all-Strauss disc. Also included is another early tone poem, Tod und Verklärung, which Strauss started composing very shortly after Macbeth, and which was actually premièred before that work. In his new work, Strauss didn’t make use of an existing character or story – instead he set out to depict the emotions of a man struggling against and finally giving in to death. These two works, which both end in death, frame a suite from one of the composer’s most lighthearted ventures – the opera Der Rosenkavalier, set in mid-eighteenth century courtly Vienna. Premièred in 1911, this sophisticated aristocratic comedy, proved a perennial favourite and towards the end of his life, Strauss gave his blessing to the Suite recorded here, which manages to include a fair selection of the opera’s best-loved moments.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 Macbeth, Op. 23, TrV 163 20:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    Macbeth, Op. 23, TrV 163
    Duration
    20:38
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  2. 2 Con moto agitato - 04:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    Con moto agitato -
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  3. 3 Un poco lento - 05:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    Un poco lento -
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  4. 4 Allegro molto - Tempo di Valse - 06:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Allegro molto - Tempo di Valse -
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  5. 5 Moderato molto sostenuto - 05:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    Moderato molto sostenuto -
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  6. 6 Schneller Walzer: Molto con moto 02:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    Schneller Walzer: Molto con moto
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui
  7. 7 Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24, TrV 158 25:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24, TrV 158
    Duration
    25:38
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lan Shui