R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra & Ein Heldenleben

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There’s no lack of excitement or, where needed, bombast, and the Osloers’ sound at full throttle is thrilling, their playing superb. But what makes this account so special is that it also has... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2019 More…

Release Date: 19th Apr 2019
Catalogue No: LWC1166
Label: LAWO
Series: Vasily Petrenko Strauss
Length: 79 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

August 2019

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Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Work length34:12

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko

Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Work length45:43

Album only

Elise Båtnes
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko

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The Oslo Philharmonic and Vasily Petrenko present the first of a new series of recordings of Richard Strauss’s orchestral music.

This first release features the great tone poems Also sprach Zarathustra and Ein Heldenleben, both works the Oslo Philharmonic has a long history of performing at home and abroad. Vasily Petrenko, chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic since 2013, exploits the special intensity of the orchestra’s string sound and its magnificent wind and brass sections to full effect in this thrillingly virtuosic music.

Vasily Petrenko is one of the most significant and galvanizing musicians alive, and has won numerous accolades for his recordings of Russian repertoire, including two Gramophone awards. With the Oslo Philharmonic, he has recorded works by Shostakovich, Szymanowski, Strauss and Prokofiev, as well as a major cycle of orchestral works by Alexander Scriabin.

The Oslo Philharmonic was born in 1919 and over the next half-century, the orchestra’s reputation grew steadily. In 1979, it changed forever with the arrival of a young Latvian arriving in Norway, Mariss Jansons, who transformed it to rival the great Philharmonics of Vienna, Berlin and New York.

Previous recordings on Lawo with these performers have been unanimously critically acclaimed.

“These performances from Vasily Petrenko and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra are top-drawer” - Music Web International on Scriabin

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August 2019

There’s no lack of excitement or, where needed, bombast, and the Osloers’ sound at full throttle is thrilling, their playing superb. But what makes this account so special is that it also has room for patient musicality…It’s a performance that’s full of detail and loving touches to make you smile, while it also offers a sense of coherence to leave you deeply satisfied.

21st April 2019

As Petrenko’s tenure in Oslo begins to wind down, he revels in the standards of orchestral virtuosity he has attained with this excellent band in two Strauss tone poems that challenge all instrumental departments...the Osloers shine brilliantly.

R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra & Ein Heldenleben

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