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According to the booklet notes, Hans Knappertsbusch led this live 1955 Der Rosenkavalier on a wing and a prayer. He knew Rosenkavalier, the Vienna Philharmonic
Richard Strauss’ complete solo piano music dates from his teen years. His mature style, of course, loomed on the horizon, but the two groups of
Far from being Richard Strauss’ most successful orchestral work, the early Violin Concerto in D minor conceals moments of undeniable beauty and appeal. The grandiose
This recording of Ariadne has long been considered a classic, and it’s easy to tell why. Herbert von Karajan and the Philharmonia play Richard Strauss’
The recent death of baritone Hermann Prey has left a gaping hole in the world of opera and lieder singing. His intelligence and sensitivity, the
Best known for his gripping conducting in the fabled EMI Callas/La Scala Tosca, Victor de Sabata made pitifully few discs of purely orchestral repertoire, all
This CD is comprised of six orchestral songs composed by Richard Strauss between 1896 and 1906 (some were orchestrated later) and the Four Last Songs
Strauss’s 1935 Die Schweigsame Frau was banned by the Nazis after only four performances becuase its librettist, Stefan Zweig, was Jewish, and, to be sure,
The thin thread that ties this Glenn Gould compilation sort of together is the pianist’s involvement with the cinema. Gould scored the 1972 film adaptation
The incidental music for Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1912) belongs among the minor productions of Richard Strauss. It’s a good-spirited and exquisite work, though, well worth
