Richard Strauss: Tone Poems, Vol. 3
Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Francois-Xavier Roth
The unobtrusive star of the show is the Freiburg Concert Hall recording, so spacious and natural. Apart from an occasional lack of warmth in the strings, the orchestra sounds first-rate. Roth...
Richard Strauss: Tone Poems, Vol. 3
Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Francois-Xavier Roth
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The unobtrusive star of the show is the Freiburg Concert Hall recording, so spacious and natural. Apart from an occasional lack of warmth in the strings, the orchestra sounds first-rate. Roth...
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With “Aus Italien” Richard Strauss began his decisive journey into the musical form that would come to define his orchestral output, the tone poem, sketched while on a tour of Italy suggested to the young composer by Brahms, Strauss‘ mastery is already evident.
François-Xavier Roth couples this work on his third volume of the complete Strauss tone poems with the monumental “Also sprach Zarathustra” – inspired by Nietzsche's book philosophic prose poem. Two great works presented in fiery performances in honor of the Richard Strauss sesquicentennial.
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Awards and reviews
January 2015
The unobtrusive star of the show is the Freiburg Concert Hall recording, so spacious and natural. Apart from an occasional lack of warmth in the strings, the orchestra sounds first-rate. Roth knows how to mould the crucial climaxes without hitting too hard and letting the brass underline richer textures without dominating.
December 2014
Roth ladles on vitality and belief [in Aus Italien], shaping and phrasing with wholehearted spontaneity...the pleasure here lies in the elegance and energy of the performance...But that energy is channelled to far greater purpose in a quite splendid account of what by comparison is an unqualified masterpiece - Also sprach Zarathustra...It feels totally, philosophically, organic...This must be one of the most satisfying Zarathustras around.
March 2015
From the pregnant low-register growling that opens Also sprach Zarathustra to the exuberant end of Aus Italien - here as swinging and scintillating as you like - this is an impressive third volume of François-Xavier Roth's survey of Richard Strauss's symphonic poems…Roth and his orchestra revel in the music's twists and turns and enjoy the copious amount of colour. Recommended!
