R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233 Andrés Orozco-Estrada

• Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233:
• 1 No. 1, Nacht 03:36
• 2 No. 2, Sonnenaufgang 01:43
• 3 No. 3, Der Anstieg 02:20
• 4 No. 4, Eintritt in den Wald 05:35
• 5 No. 5, Wanderung neben dem Bache 00:48
• 6 No. 6, Am Wasserfall 00:14
• 7 No. 7, Erscheinung 00:46
• 8 No. 8, Auf blumigen Wiesen 01:01
• 9 No. 9, Auf der Alm 02:37
• 10 No. 10, Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen 01:33
• 11 No. 11, Auf dem Gletscher 01:19
• 12 No. 12, Gefahrvolle Augenblicke 01:31
• 13 No. 13, Auf dem Gipfel 05:46
• 14 No. 14, Vision 03:55
• 15 No. 15, Nebel steigen auf 00:20
• 16 No. 16, Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich 00:52
• 17 No. 17, Elegie 02:03
• 18 No. 18, Stille vor dem Sturm 03:17
• 19 No. 19, Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg 03:58
• 20 No. 20, Sonnenuntergang 02:31
• 21 No. 21, Ausklang 07:17
• 22 No. 22, Nacht 02:19
• Total Runtime 55:21

Info for R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233

With its epic sweep and grandeur and compelling drama, there has rarely been such a spine-tingling and vivid depiction of nature as found in Richard Strauss’s magnificent tone poem, An Alpine Symphony. Calling for gargantuan orchestral forces, this lavishly illustrated journey is Strauss’s crowning orchestral achievement. Using a vast musical canvas packed with vivid and exquisite details, it’s a bold, optimistic and passionate work, unleashing ecstatic blazes of orchestral color alongside moments of awestruck contemplation in a continuous narrative of 22 sections, which Strauss threads together with his usual mastery and aplomb. The work is performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by podium sensation Andres Orozco-Estrada. It marks their fourth release in a critically acclaimed series for PENTATONE. Their performance of Strauss’s Salome earned Gramophone magazine’s Editor’s Choice (January 2018). Gramophone also praised their Ein Heldenleben “...the playing has an easy virtuosity … the love music swells and swoons magnificently”. And for their first recording, the Stravinsky ballets The Firebird and The Rite of Spring, Gramophone lauded their ability to “unearth an astonishing amount of detail at relatively spacious tempi” and “PENTATONE’s awesomely precise recording”.

Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

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