Composer: Kevin Lau, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Richard Strauss
Orchestra: Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Shelley
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Analekta
Catalogue: AN28891
Release: 2025
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
02. Murphy: Dark Night, Bright Stars, Vast Universe
03. Lau: The Infinite Reaches
04. Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Poema 1. Ad Astra is the first in a series of recordings by Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra in which Music Director Alexander Shelley asked Canadian Composers to craft compositions that respond to masterpieces by German Composer, Richard Strauss (1864-1949). Kelly‑Marie Murphy responds to Don Juan and Kevin Lau to Death and Transfiguration. This latest cycle of recordings, a dialogue between the past and our modern era, strikes a perfect balance between the exhilaration of the new and the charm of the timeless classic.
