Strauss: Burleske, Serenade & Tod und Verklarung

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this nicely varied early Strauss trio is a fine showcase for the Radio France Philharmonic. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th May 2021
Catalogue No: ALPHA733
Label: Alpha
Length: 55 minutes

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Strauss, R: Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85

Work length20:01

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Nelson Goerner
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Mikko Franck

Strauss, R: Serenade for Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 7

Work length8:32

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Mikko Franck

Strauss, R: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

Work length26:42

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Mikko Franck

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The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck continue their collaboration with Alpha and here invite one of the label’s flagship pianists, Nelson Goerner. The programme is devoted to Richard Strauss, coupling several of the German composer’s early works. The Burleske for piano and orchestra, written at the age of twenty, is brimming with lyricism and Romantic ardour; its tone colours herald Strauss’s operas, while the orchestration anticipates his symphonic poems. The piano part is exceptionally virtuosic: Hans von Bülow, for whom Strauss wrote it, called it unplayable! The Serenade for thirteen wind instruments harks back to Mozart’s Gran Partita K361 for similar forces. This brief work in a single movement begins in a nocturnal colouring, as befits a serenade, before growing more animated and finally returning to the contemplative atmosphere of the opening. The symphonic poem for large orchestra Tod und Verklärung depicts the last hour of an artist’s life: the listener is gripped from the very first bars, which evoke the breathing and heartbeats of a dying man. Strauss allows us to experience his final moments and the transfiguration of his soul in one of the most glorious moments in the symphonic repertoire.

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September 2021

this nicely varied early Strauss trio is a fine showcase for the Radio France Philharmonic.

July 2021

Goerner opens with blistering energy...Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France offer dramatic and characterful support.

Strauss: Burleske, Serenade & Tod und Verklarung

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