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Orchestral » Symphonic Poems
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Special offer. 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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Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
RecommendedDvořák: A Hero's Song - Glazunov: To the Memory of A Hero
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
This exploration of the heroism through three epic masterpieces by Strauss, Dvořák and Glazunov showcases the sprightly winds and cushioned strings of the Bamberg Symphony to luxurious effect.... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
RecommendedLeon Spierer (solo violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
For anyone lucky enough to have secured a ticket few orchestral concerts have remained so vividly in the memory as the one given by Karajan's incomparable Berlin Philharmonic in London's Royal... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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... —
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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... —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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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... —
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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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The Beecham Collection - Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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The Philharmonia etch all the colours of Strauss's swirling and unashamedly heroic opening theme - in key as well as in thrust - with joyously defined energy...Throughout, the sound, both of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Orchestral Choice
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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. —
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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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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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