Description

Staatskapelle Dresden / Rudolf KempeThe Orchestral Music of Richard Strauss Limited Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:

Rudolf Kempe’s recordings of Richard Strauss have long been prized for their unparalleled clarity and subtlety in music that has come to define the late-Romantic temperament and its expression of highly strung emotions, whether in a state of Nietzschean exaltation, on the summits of ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’ or in the post-war despair of ‘Metamorphosen’.

Strauss loves the complex textures that Kempe and the Staatskapelle Dresden clarify with the utmost skill and sympathy.

Featured Tracks:

Side: 1

1 Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 282 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Introduction – Of the Backworldsmen – Of the Great Longing3 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: II. Of Joys and Passions – The Song of the Grave

Side: 2

1 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: III. Of Science and Learning2 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: IV. The Convalescent – The Dance Song – Song of the Night Wanderer3 Capriccio, Op. 85, Scene 13: Mondscheinmusik. Andante con moto

Side: 3

1 Don Juan, Op. 202 Salome, Op. 54, Scene 4: Dance of the Seven Veils

Side: 4

1 Metamorphosen