Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra & Krzysztof Urbański

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949):
• 1 Don Juan, Op. 20 17:29
• 2 Till Eulenspiegels lustige streiche, Op. 28 15:02
• Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30:
• 3 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Einleitung 02:11
• 4 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: II. Von den Hinterweltlern 03:19
• 5 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: III. Von der großen Sehnsucht 02:02
• 6 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: IV. Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften 02:00
• 7 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: V. Das Grablied 02:04
• 8 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: VI. Von der Wissenschaft 03:53
• 9 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: VII. Der Genesende 04:54
• 10 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: VIII. Das Tanzlied 08:00
• 11 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: IX. Das Nachtwandlerlied 04:22
• Total Runtime 01:05:16

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Is the imitation of rolling thunder, howling winds and bleating sheep a form of musical composition worthy of the name? Can we take seriously a composer who boasts of being able to ‘set a restaurant menu to music, if need be’? These were the kinds of questions that Richard Strauss, one of the most virtuosic composers of the so-called ‘programme music’, had to ask himself. His answer: ‘I am a musician from head to toe; for me, all “programmes” are merely incentives to invent new forms, nothing else.’ The NDR Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Urbański, has chosen to devote its sixth Alpha Classics recording to three of Richard Strauss’s most famous symphonic poems: Also sprach Zarathustra op. 30, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche op. 28 and Don Juan op. 20.

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Krzysztof Urbański, conductor

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