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Richard Strauss’ early Op. 18 Violin Sonata may be a little long-winded for what it has to express, yet it’s easy to see why virtuoso
Fans of soprano Hildegard Behrens should flock to this set if they don’t already own it–it is her finest recording. She ideally captures the girl/woman
Götz Friedrich’s 1981 Elektra film sets Richard Strauss’ opera in a dark and dingy abandoned 20th-century factory populated by grungy denizens in psuedo-Greek garb. Elektra
Here’s an excellently curated selection representing VAI’s numerous live releases featuring tenor Jon Vickers. The tenor’s larger-than-life voice and intense communicative gifts transform the Dvorák
The 1916 version of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos with which we are familiar today is a drastic revision. The original, in one act and
Richard Hayman’s orchestra (“his”) also has appeared on recordings as the “Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra” and the “Philharmonic Rock Orchestra”. Whatever the name, the band
Donald Runnicles leads this fine program of shadowy, late-Romantic music with an assured hand. His Prelude to Tristan und Isolde is taken very broadly and
Recordings of Richard Strauss’ songs sung by tenor are relatively rare, and this one, with 28 selections, is a fine addition to the catalog. Jonas
Antoni Wit has made some marvelous recordings for Naxos, including a recent Mahler Eighth that must be counted one of the reference recordings of the
What do we look for in a great Alpine Symphony? Certainly there’s little depth or insight that a conductor can bring to the music, nor
