Composer: Richard Strauss
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: RCO Live
Catalogue: 1433701967
Release: 2008
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Don Juan, Op. 20, TrV 156 (Live)
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233 (Live)
02. No. 1, Nacht I
03. No. 2, Sonnenaufgang
04. No. 3, Der Anstieg
05. No. 4, Eintritt in den Wald
06. No. 5, Wanderung neben dem Bache
07. No. 6, Am Wasserfall
08. No. 7, Erscheinung
09. No. 8, Auf blumige Wiesen
10. No. 9, Auf der Alm
11. No. 10, Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen
12. No. 11, Auf dem Gletscher
13. No. 12, Gefahrvolle Augenblicke
14. No. 13, Auf dem Gipfel
15. No. 14, Vision
16. No. 15, Nebel steigen auf
17. No. 16, Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich
18. No. 17, Elegie
19. No. 18, Stille vor dem Sturm
20. No. 19, Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg
21. No. 20, Sonnenuntergang
22. No. 21, Ausklang
23. No. 22, Nacht II
After the successful release of Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben in 2004, Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again present two familiar symphonic poems by Richard Strauss, who had close ties with the then fledgling Concertgebouw Orchestra. This CD brings together live performances of Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie which were recorded during the 2007-8 season and which met with great acclaim both in and outside the Netherlands.Although Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie were not dedicated to Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, as Ein Heldenleben was, both works sound here as if they were written for the Amsterdam-based orchestra.
“A rich, dramatic Don Juan, built on bitter-sweet woodwind timbres, magnificently bright brasses and uncommonly velvety strings.” [Don Juan] The New York Times concert review