Strauss, R - Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
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Orchestral » Symphonic Poems
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Richard Strauss - The Great Tone Poems
RecommendedVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building a Library, October 2019, Also Recommended
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended - Eine Alpensinfonie
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Special offer. R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Burleske
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Authoritative from the first bar’s fleshy bass, Antonio Pappano’s bel canto approach to Strauss’s mock-epic hero cultivates beauty of sound even in usually bombastically noisy stretches such... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Richard Strauss
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Wiener Symphoniker, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Petr Popelka, Seiji Ozawa
The Vienna Symphony is luxurious in the Concerto, against which Capuçon’s poise and precision contrast beautifully. There’s a mournful simplicity to the Sonata and the Piano Quartet channels... — More…
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Bernard Haitink conducts Strauss: Don Juan & Ein Heldenleben
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
The Don Juan...gives any account in the catalogue a run for its money in terms of sheer elan, and bristles with energy, The LPO's playing is vibrant and full of the sense of a live performance...the... — More…
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestera, Sir Simon Rattle
Ein Heldenlebenwas always a favourite party-piece of Herbert von Karajan, so the challenge to his successor, Simon Rattle, is all the more formidable.
It says much for Rattle's achievement in... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, October 2019, Also Recommended
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Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Vier letzte Lieder
Dorothea Röschmann (soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
the gossamer textures of the Hero's 'War and Peace'...work best here, the bassoon stylishly leading the superb Rotterdam woodwind. The final retirement is gilded by a glorious horn solo...[Roschmann's]... — More…
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Supremely vivid Strauss, guided by the surest of conducting hands…[this] series - may it be all the symphonic poems - can only go from strength to strength. Amazing work. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 25th February 2017, Recording of the Week
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Tone Poems, Vol. 1
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Francois-Xavier Roth
the combination of his muscly, forward-moving approach, with not an ounce of fat on it, and perhaps most stunning engineering accorded to the master orchestrator yet, mean that both the mock-epic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Editor's Choice
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