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Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, etc.
Rudolf Kempe, Staatskapelle Dresden. EMI 7243 5 74756 2 4.
If you are a devoted fan of Richard Strauss, you already have Kempe's three boxed sets of most of the composer's orchestral material, all of it recorded with the Dresden Staatskapelle in the early to mid seventies. Kempe was a master Strauss interpreter, and his performances, uniformly well recorded, are indispensable.
If, on the other hand, you never invested in the full-price box sets, here's your chance to get a few of the conductor's most famous recordings at a cut-rate price. This single EMI Encore disc contains not only the audiophile favorite "Also sprach Zarathustra" (1894), but "Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche" (1895), "Tod und Verklarung" (1889), and the "Dance of the Seven Veils" from Salome (1905). In total you get over seventy-eight minutes of great music for a pittance.
Kempe's "Zarathustra" emphasizes the thematic qualities of the work rather than its overt ...
- Strauss, R.: Don Quixote; Till Eulenspiegel. (Janis Starker, Leonard Slatkin,...
- Magazine article from: Consumers' Research Magazine Grueninger, Walter F. August 1, 1993 700+ words
...cello) under Leonard Slatkin. RCA Victor CD 09026 60561. Richard Strauss' Don Quixote, an expansive theme and variations piece...unremarkable playing by the orchestra and direction by Slatkin. Till Eulenspiegel offers a light-hearted performance of the adventures...
- Till Eulenspiegel: His Adventures. (book reviews)
- Studies in Short Fiction Harty, Kevin J. January 1, 1993 700+ words
...associated with these and other forms of bedevilment was Till Eulenspiegel, a supposedly "historical personage" said to have died...both his text and his readers well. Thanks to his efforts Till Eulenspiegel can find once again the audience he so richly deserves...
- Till Eulenspiegel
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
Till Eulenspiegel. Tone-poem for orch., Op.28, by R. Strauss, full title...Rondeauform—für grosses Orchester gestetzt ( Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks, in the manner of an old rogue—in...
- MSO'S UPCOMING SEASON HAS PLENTY OF PERSONALITY; In tune with the season...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel TOM STRINI February 25, 1996 700+ words
The programming of a symphony orchestra season takes place in the real world, not an ideal one. Countless complications involving the scheduling, availability and repertoire of guest artists work against programming to develop the orchestra, advance a conductor's personal agenda or instruct the
- Richard Strauss
- Picture from: Archive Photos September 1, 1994 700+ words
...composer and conductor Richard Strauss died on this day...Don Juan" and "Till Eulenspiegel" and the operas...Object Name: Richard Strauss Dies C202/81 music...historical. people Richard Strauss Copyright (c...
- Richard Strauss. (classical composer)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Said, Edward W. March 19, 1990 700+ words
...sum. And so it is, toutes proportions gardees, with Richard Strauss, whose astonishingly long career (1864-1949) paralleled...Capriccio, the very last of Strauss's operas), but the Till Eulenspiegel he conducted was overwhelming in its great washes of sound...
- CONSORT GAVE MIXED PERFORMANCE.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot Sayegh, Paul September 13, 2000 700+ words
...a chamber arrangement of the tone poem ``Till Eulenspiegel'' by Richard Strauss, courtesy of the composer, and then Arnold...Strauss' ``The Emperor's Waltz.'' ``Till Eulenspiegel'' worked amazingly well in quintet form...
- Dresden Staatskapelle
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Joseph McLellan November 24, 1987 700+ words
...and the joyfully brilliant spirit of the music was caught to perfection. The same was true in "Till Eulenspiegel," in which Richard Strauss is even more inventive than Haydn, and his delight in instrumental colors combines ideally with...
