Composer: Richard Strauss
Orchestra: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900127
Release: 2015
Size: 288 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Don Juan, Op. 20
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
02. Der Held (The Hero)
03. Des Helden Widersacher (The Hero’s Enemies)
04. Des Helden Gefahrtin (The Hero’s Companion)
05. Des Helden Walstatt (The Hero’s Field of Battle)
06. Des Helden Friedenswerke (The Hero’s Works of Peace)
07. Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung (The Hero’s Withdrawal from the World)
In these live recordings, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and its longtime chief conductor Mariss Jansons present two “heroic” tone poems by Richard Strauss. With his “Don Juan”, the young and aspiring Strauss secured himself a lasting place in the musical life of the German Empire and proved to be a prematurely consummate master of the symphonic poem genre. “Ein Heldenleben” (“A Hero’s Life”), written at the turn of the 20th century, is a work of unshakeable self-confidence in every regard. Strauss left everyone in little doubt that he had portrayed himself as the hero in his music, and the work met with an ambivalent reception. Today, with its massive score for over one hundred musicians, “Ein Heldenleben” ranks as one of the great touchstones for a symphony orchestra – and with its extensive solo violin part, for a concertmaster too.