Latest News: Classical, Strauss, R (composer)
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Recording of the Week,
Strauss and Debussy from François-Xavier Roth and the London Symphony Orchestra 24th March 2023The LSO and their Principal Guest Conductor present sumptuous, radiant performances of two virtuosic orchestral showpieces: Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra and Debussy's Jeux.
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Recording of the Week,
Steven Isserlis explores the cello's Golden Decade 4th November 2022Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih take us on a journey to uncover some lesser-known works from an astonishingly fruitful decade for the cello - sonatas from Strauss and Le Beau, Bruch connections and more.
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Interview,
Franz Welser-Möst on Richard Strauss 7th June 2022The Austrian conductor talks to Katherine about his lifelong affection for the composer's music, his new recording of Macbeth, Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel with the Cleveland Orchestra, and why their home at Severance Hall is 'the absolute perfect setting' for some of Strauss's most magical moments...
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Interview,
Antonio Pappano on Vaughan Williams and Strauss 16th June 2021The conductor discusses his recent recordings of Vaughan Williams symphonies and Strauss orchestral works, his recent appointment at the LSO, and the ongoing impact of lockdowns on musical life.
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Recording of the Week,
Strauss Lieder from Sandrine Piau and Daniel Behle 19th March 2021The French soprano brings an uncommon freshness and flexibility to the Four Last Songs with the Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, whilst Behle and his regular recital-partner Oliver Schnyder revel in the composer's coruscating attack on publishers in the rarely-recorded Der Krämerspiegel.
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Interview,
Robin Ticciati on Strauss 21st September 2020The conductor talks to Katherine about his recording of Tod und Verklärung, Don Juan, and the Brentano-Lieder with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and soprano Louise Alder, out now on Linn.
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Recording of the Week,
Works by Richard Strauss from Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra 6th September 2019Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in thrillingly-detailed and impassioned performances of four orchestral works by Richard Strauss.
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Recording of the Week,
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss 31st May 2019The robust young Norwegian soprano thrills in scenes from Tannhäuser and Ariadne auf Naxos, and Strauss's Four Last Songs.
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Interview,
Lise Davidsen on Wagner & Strauss 27th May 2019The Norwegian lyric-dramatic soprano discusses her career so far and her debut album on Decca, out this Friday.
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Interview,
Louise Alder on Strauss Lieder 24th August 2017The award-winning young British soprano talks to us about her debut solo recording, 'Through Life and Love', out now on Orchid Classics.
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Recording of the Week,
Songs by Richard Strauss, plus the Oboe Concerto and works for wind ensemble 4th August 2017James listens to a wealth of vocal and instrumental works by Richard Strauss - with Nicky Spence, Rebecca Evans, Alexi Ogrintchouk and others.
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Recording of the Week,
Marek Janowski conducts Strauss's Symphonia Domestica 15th June 2015James listens to Richard Strauss's rarely heard tone-poem, performed by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Marek Janowski.
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Recording of the Week,
Anna Netrebko sings Strauss's Four Last Songs 24th November 2014Katherine listens to Anna Netrebko's new recording of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin.
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Favourites,
Richard Strauss This week James shares his thoughts on some of his favourite recordings of the works of Richard Strauss.
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Recording of the Week,
Neeme Järvi conducts Richard Strauss’s ballet, Josephslegende 10th June 2013Strauss himself may have spoke slightingly of this work (commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1914), but Chris is won over by the range and combinations of orchestral colours, and Järvi’s carefully calculated tempos and tempo relationships.
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Recording of the Week,
Strauss: Alpine Symphony 22nd February 2010Bernard Haitink and the London Symphony Orchestra celebrate the awe-inspiring force of nature and Strauss’s ability to depict that in his writing.
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Recording of the Week,
Strauss's Four Last Songs 19th March 2007A new recording of Strauss’s late reflections on mortality from EMI’s new signing, Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme, stands comparison with the very best.