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Historical Gems: Krauss Conducts Strauss in Vienna

David Hurwitz

Artistic Quality:

  • 9

Sound Quality:

  • 5
Although advertised as “The Complete Decca Recordings,” this set is […]
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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: None for this coupling

  • STRAUSS, RICHARD:
    Don Juan; Ein Heldenleben; Also sprach Zarathustra; Don Quixote; Sinfonia domestica; Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (suite); Aus Italien; Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks; Salome

    Soloists: Pierre Fournier (cello); Christel Goltz (soprano); Julius Patzak (tenor); Hans Braun (baritone); Anton Dermota (tenor); Margareta Kenney (mezzo soprano)

  • Conductor: Krauss, Clemens
  • Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic
  • Record Label: Decca - 478 6493
  • Medium: CD

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