Richard Strauss: Orchestral music

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

EA, Is this worth a go, do you think?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strauss-Alpi...4571933&sr=1-1

I've kept my word and will send you a "review" by PM in a few minutes' time.

[Karafan]

Blimey, that's great mercia - I don't think I've ever seen him conduct.

How odd to think that within two years of that he would be dead at the age of 65.

K.

[Karafan]

On the relative merits of the two Kempe EA recordings, my two pennyworth would be that the RPO version is much better recorded, but the Dresden orchestra's playing is more polished. I could post my rather long reviews on each of them, but that would be almost be like spamming.

I, for one, would appreciate seeing your reviews EA - by PM if you can't link to them...?

Cheers. K.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I, for one, would appreciate seeing your reviews EA - by PM if you can't link to them...?

Cheers. K.

It's very much work in progress. In the bag so far are Fried, Strauss x 2, Bohm x 2, Mitropoulos x 2, Konwitschny, Schuricht, Mravinsky, Kempe x 2, Mehta (LAPO), Solti, Karajan, Davis, Del Mar, Ashkenazy x 2, Barenboim, Masur (Flemish), Shipway.

[BBMmk2]

Carl Schricht? I must look into this conductor more closely?

[visualnickmos]

This doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet; any thoughts?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Eine-Alpensymphonie-Ma/dp/B000028E4O/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1SXQSY2X0LRCQ&coliid=I1J1G1VFGV59KJ

[Stanfordian]

This doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet; any thoughts?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Stra...I1J1G1VFGV59KJ

Hiya visualnickmos,

Yes, this is a splendid disc of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensymphonie and an impressive performance of his much underated early tone poem Macbeth. The disc is certainly worth hearing.

[visualnickmos]

Thank you for your recco. on this.
I may have to add it to my little collection of "Alpens"!

[Roehre]

Hiya visualnickmos,

Yes, this is a splendid disc of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensymphonie and an impressive performance of his much underated early tone poem Macbeth. The disc is certainly worth hearing.

MacBeth one of the very few works RS revised.
there aren't that many apart from MacBeth: Ariadne, München-Gedächtniswalzer and the Oboe concerto are the only ones which immediately come to mind.
There are of course ofsprings: Metamorphosen for 23 string as string quintet, the reworkings of Bürger als Edelmann, Capriccio's Mondscheinmusik taken from Krämerspiegel op.66, Rosenkavalier-film music, the orchestrated original piano songs. But these are arrangements, not (partly) re-composed works.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

EA: what are your thoughts on Jansons/Royal Concertgebouw Orch. and Bychkov/DR Sinfonieorchester Köln? The latter is certainly very underrated.

Jansons: I'm not impressed with it - rather a routine performance, but the Bychkov is very good. He performed it at the Proms not so long ago.

[Thropplenoggin]

Jansons: I'm not impressed with it - rather a routine performance, but the Bychkov is very good. He performed it at the Proms not so long ago.

Thanks, EA.

I'd certainly be up for reading any immense BaL-type comparison you might be in the process of writing up . I've just ordered Haitink's 1985 Philips recording with the Concergebouw having only heard samples. It was a cheap s/h copy in 'v.good condition'. It seems to be well liked in general. I'll also be procuring Shipway and Thielemann when funds allow it. I can certainly see how you've come to love the work - it's certainly now high on my 'to experience live' list.

[BBMmk2]

EA, what's your all time favourite? :)

[teamsaint]

EA, what's your all time favourite? :)

I think that was the question nobody else dared to ask, BBM !!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

EA, what's your all time favourite? :)

Well it isn't Karajan...

But with 74 to choose from, how is it possible narrow it down to one?

[Roehre]

Well it isn't Karajan...

But with 74 to choose from, how is it possible narrow it down to one?

drawing straws? bingo?