Composer: Richard Strauss
Performer: Asmik Grigorian, Markus Hinterhauser
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Conductor: Mikko Franck
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1046
Release: 2024
Size: 426 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Vier letzte Lieder
01. I. Frühling
02. II. September
03. III. Beim Schlafengehen
04. IV. Im Abendrot
Vier letzte Lieder
05. I. Frühling
06. II. September
07. III. Beim Schlafengehen
08. IV. Im Abendrot
Singer Asmik Grigorian has chosen to record both versions of Richard Strauss’s ultimate masterpiece, composed in 1948: the version with orchestra and the much rarer version with piano. For her, this work is associated with the idea of solitude, but not an unhappy solitude, rather a journey towards infinity: ” Now all my senses long to sink into slumber. And the soul, unguarded, longs to soar up in freedom, so that, in night’s magic circle, it may live deeply and a thousandfold. ” writes Hermann Hesse in Beim Schlafengehen ( Going to Sleep ), the third song in the cycle. For this unique coupling, Asmik is joined by two long-time accomplices: conductor Mikko Franck, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and pianist Markus Hinterhauser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival. The combination of the two versions opens up new sensations: after the well-known abundance of Strauss’s orchestration an incredible sensitivity is revealed by the piano version.