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The general consensus during Richard Strauss’ conducting heyday was that he was a more effective and inspired podium figure in front of an audience than
Friedenstag is probably Richard Strauss’ least successful mature opera. Premiered in l938 in Dresden, it was first performed in Vienna in 1939 with Hitler in
Although Toscanini conducted Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben on several occasions with the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestras, he only led it once during his
Eiji Oue embarks upon Richard Strauss’ heroic journey from a lofty, lyrical vantage point, similar to Karajan’s three recorded Heldenlebens, but with clearer orchestral balances
Control was Sergiu Celibidache’s strength and weakness. He had a remarkable ability, even genius for conveying his innermost desires to the orchestras he conducted, calibrating
Otto Klemperer’s Mahler Ninth enjoys something of a cult following, particularly in France, where its grim lack of sentimentality and unflinching willingness to expose the
In 1864 Richard Strauss was born and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s narrative poem “Enoch Arden” was published. The poem was a huge success throughout Europe, and
One of the reasons I like this performance so much will be the reason others don’t – there are cuts in each act, with the
