Composer: Richard Strauss
Orchestra: RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE95611
Release: 2010
Size: 255 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Don Juan – tone-poem for orchestra, Op. 20 (after Nikolaus Lenau)
01. Allegro molto con brio
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
02. Nacht
03. Sonnenaufgang
04. Der Anstieg
05. Wanderung neben dem Bache
06. Am Wasserfall
07. Erscheinung
08. Auf blumigen Wiesen
09. Auf der Alm
10. Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen
11. Auf dem Gletscher
12. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke
13. Auf dem Gipfel
14. Vision
15. Nebel steigen auf
16. Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich
17. Elegie
18. Stille vor dem Sturm
19. Gewitter und Sturm. Abstieg
20. Sonnenuntergang
21. Ausklang
22. Nacht
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
23. 2. Walzerfolge aus dem III. Akt, Zusammenstellung: 1934, anonym
“Meeting this ingenious man was of the highest significance to me”, Böhm writes in his autobiography. He was referring to Richard Strauss. During the 1930s, a relationship developed between the two artists which far exceeded a purely artistic partnership. Strauss’ particular esteem of Böhm culminated in his ‘artistic testament’ which Strauss sent to Böhm in 1945 and in which he, amongst other things, specified his thoughts on the future of opera. The music of Richard Strauss was to remain a focal point in the repertoire of Karl Böhm. As he worked on many scores with the composer, his Strauss interpretations can be considered authentic – as in these recordings, officially issued on CD for the first time. Made between 1952 and 1954 with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra, only a few years after the death of the composer, Böhm’s Strauss interpretations convince due to their clarity and the consistency of the overall conception.