New. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
There’s a softness to the nocturnal opening that hints at mysteries to come, while a sense of awe pervades the headstrong plunge into the woods. Yet the pastoral episodes – the waterfall, the...
New. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
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There’s a softness to the nocturnal opening that hints at mysteries to come, while a sense of awe pervades the headstrong plunge into the woods. Yet the pastoral episodes – the waterfall, the...
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Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra reach new musical peaks with An Alpine Symphony, one of the most spectacular scores ever written for orchestra. This monumental fresco, inspired by the Bavarian Alps Strauss loved so greatly, is the very summit of symphonic poems: a fascinating album of images in which nature stands as a metaphor for existence itself.
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1st November 2026
There’s a softness to the nocturnal opening that hints at mysteries to come, while a sense of awe pervades the headstrong plunge into the woods. Yet the pastoral episodes – the waterfall, the alpine meadow with its shepherds and cowbells, and especially the bellowing horns and thundering percussion of the tumultuous storm – are painted with an impressionist’s eye for detail.
