R Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
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Label: ABC Classics
Cat No: ABC4816754
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 29th March 2018
Contents
Artists
Melbourne Symphony OrchestraConductor
Andrew DavisWorks
Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), op.64Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Artists
Melbourne Symphony OrchestraConductor
Andrew DavisAbout
In reviews of the live concert performances from which this recording is taken, The Australian wrote that “the Strauss rose with organic fury under Davis’s baton, Night’s opening rumblings kept as jittery, primordial whispers and so heightening the triumphant burst of Sunrise. The 22 movements trace the journey of an alpine ascent and descent, with dramatic changes of scenery and climate along the way, various perils for the expedition team, and the humilityinducing grandeur of the view from the summit. Alert to each imagery shift and adroitly balancing the vast orchestral forces before him, Davis kept intensity bubbling away, even as textures shifted unpredictably from massed splendour to simple sonorities.”
A narrative of a very different kind is found in Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, this time the misadventures of a German peasant: disrupting a market, chasing girls, mocking professors - and, ultimately, being hanged for his misdemeanours. This work finds the MSO’s musicians at their most virtuosic, with many of the players called on to depict the vivid characters we encounter in the story.
The MSO’s Strauss series was launched in 2014 with a major European tour including the BBC Proms and Concertgebouw. The recordings have won significant acclaim from the international press, with BBC Music Magazine describing Also sprach as ‘a benchmark recording’.
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