Following it's audio biographies of Mahler, Wagner and Verdi, BR-KLASSIK now presents the fourth in the series: an audio biography of Richard Strauss, to coincide with the Strauss anniversary year of 2014. In operas such as "Elektra" and "Salome", the Munich-born composer made masterly use of established traditions, placing them brilliantly into new contexts and also pointing the way ahead especially where musical theatre was concerned. The three CDs in the edition contain the exciting audio biography (CD1), a selection of letters from Richard Strauss to famous contemporaries such as Hans von Bülow, Cosima Wagner, Stefan Zweig and Hugo von Hofmannsthal (CD2), and also a representative selection of works with a special focus on Strauss's work as a composer of tone-poems and operas (CD3). Anette Unger, the author of the audio biography, is already widely known as a Strauss expert; her works include the book "Who was Richard Strauss? - Nineteen Answers". The Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Moest, currently Musical Director of the Vienna State Opera and Principal Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, has been a welcome guest at the helm of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for the past 25 years. The two live recordings from the Munich Herkulessaal in 2010 and 2013 include the symphonic poem "An Alpine Symphony" (1915) and the four symphonic interludes from the opera "Intermezzo" (1924).
1 Auf Der Suche Nach Dem Kunstlerischen Ich - Various Performers
2 Auf Der Hohe Des Ruhms - Various Performers
3 Auf Den Spuren Verflossener Ideale - Various Performers
- Disc 2 -
1 Erste Musikerfreundschaft: An Ludwig Thuille - Various Performers
2 Berliner Luft: An Die Mutter - Various Performers
3 Lehrling in Meiningen: An Hans Von Bulow - Various Performers
4 Jugendliebe: An Dora Wihan - Weis - Various Performers
5 Fortschritte in Der Orchesterbehandlung: An Den Vater - Various Performers
6 Dirigieren in Bayreuth: An Cosima Wagner - Various Performers
7 Unglucklich in Weimar: An Engelbert Humperdinck - Various Performers
8 Umzug Nach Berlin: An Die Mutter - Various Performers
9 Urheberrecht Und Tantiemen: An Eugen Spitzweg - Various Performers
10 Auf Amerika - Tournee: An Die Eltern - Various Performers
11 Vor Der 'Salome' Urauffuhrung: An Ernst Von Schuch - Various Performers
12 Verstandlichkeitsprobleme: An Hugo Von Hofmannsthal - Various Performers
13 Eine Neue Kunstgattung: An Hermann Bahr - Various Performers
14 Zum Tod Von Hofmannsthal: An Gerty Von Hofmannsthal - Various Performers
15 Uber Deutsche Spielplane: An Otto Laubinger - Various Performers
16 Der Judische Librettist: An Stefan Zweig - Various Performers
17 Deutschland in Trummern: An Christian Strauss - Various Performers
18 Letzte Tournee: An Christian Strauss - Various Performers
19 Kontroverse: An Willi Schuh - Various Performers
20 Der 'Griechische Germane': Letzter Tagebucheintrag - Various Performers
- Disc 3 -
1 Nacht - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
2 Sonnenaufgang - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
3 Der Anstieg - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
4 Eintritt in Den Wald - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
5 Wanderung Neben Dem Bache - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
6 Am Wasserfall - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
7 Erscheinung - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
8 Auf Blumigen Wiesen - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
9 Auf Der Alm - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
10 Durch Dickicht Und Gestrupp Auf Irrwegen - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
11 Auf Dem Gletscher - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
12 Gefahrvolle Augenblicke - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
13 Auf Dem Gipfel - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
14 Vision - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
15 Nebel Steigen Auf - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
16 Die Sonne Verdustert Sich Allmahlich - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
17 Elegie - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
18 Stille Vor Dem Sturm - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
19 Gewitter Und Sturm, Abstieg - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
20 Sonnenuntergang - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
21 Ausklang - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
22 Nacht - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
23 Reisefieber Und Walzerszene - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
24 Traumerei Am Kamin - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
25 Am Spieltisch - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
26 Frohlicher Beschluss - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Following it's audio biographies of Mahler, Wagner and Verdi, BR-KLASSIK now presents the fourth in the series: an audio biography of Richard Strauss, to coincide with the Strauss anniversary year of 2014. In operas such as "Elektra" and "Salome", the Munich-born composer made masterly use of established traditions, placing them brilliantly into new contexts and also pointing the way ahead especially where musical theatre was concerned. The three CDs in the edition contain the exciting audio biography (CD1), a selection of letters from Richard Strauss to famous contemporaries such as Hans von Bülow, Cosima Wagner, Stefan Zweig and Hugo von Hofmannsthal (CD2), and also a representative selection of works with a special focus on Strauss's work as a composer of tone-poems and operas (CD3). Anette Unger, the author of the audio biography, is already widely known as a Strauss expert; her works include the book "Who was Richard Strauss? - Nineteen Answers". The Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Moest, currently Musical Director of the Vienna State Opera and Principal Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, has been a welcome guest at the helm of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for the past 25 years. The two live recordings from the Munich Herkulessaal in 2010 and 2013 include the symphonic poem "An Alpine Symphony" (1915) and the four symphonic interludes from the opera "Intermezzo" (1924).