R Strauss - Burleske, Serenade, Tod und Verklarung
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Label: Alpha
Cat No: ALPHA733
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th May 2021
Contents
Works
Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestraSerenade in E flat major for winds, op.7
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24
Artists
Nelson Goerner (piano)Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Conductor
Mikko FranckWorks
Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestraSerenade in E flat major for winds, op.7
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24
Artists
Nelson Goerner (piano)Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Conductor
Mikko FranckAbout
The Burleske for piano and orchestra, written at the age of twenty, is brimming with lyricism and Romantic ardour; its tone colours herald Strauss’s operas, while the orchestration anticipates his symphonic poems. The piano part is exceptionally virtuosic: Hans von Bülow, for whom Strauss wrote it, called it unplayable!
The Serenade for thirteen wind instruments harks back to Mozart’s Gran Partita K361 for similar forces. This brief work in a single movement begins in a nocturnal colouring, as befits a serenade, before growing more animated and finally returning to the contemplative atmosphere of the opening.
The symphonic poem for large orchestra Tod und Verklärung depicts the last hour of an artist’s life: the listener is gripped from the very first bars, which evoke the breathing and heartbeats of a dying man. Strauss allows us to experience his final moments and the transfiguration of his soul in one of the most glorious moments in the symphonic repertoire.
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