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Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marc Albrecht This is the first release in a new collaboration between PentaTone and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. These great Strauss Tone Poems need no further recommendation than to say they are superbly played. Highly recommended in stunning surround sound. | 
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| |  | Strauss - Don Juan & Eine AlpensinfonieRecorded Live at Concertgebouw 19, 20, 21 & 23 September 2007 (Alpensinfonie); 18, 21 October 2007, 16, 17 January 2008 (Don Juan)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (chief conductor) After the successful release of Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben in 2004, Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again present two familiar symphonic poems by Richard Strauss, who had close ties with the then fledgling Concertgebouw Orchestra. This CD brings together live performances of Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie which were recorded during the 2007-8 season and which met with great acclaim both in and outside the Netherlands.Although Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie were not dedicated to Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, as Ein Heldenleben was, both works sound here as if they were written for the Amsterdam-based orchestra. "A rich, dramatic Don Juan, built on bitter-sweet woodwind timbres, magnificently bright brasses and uncommonly velvety strings." [Don Juan] The New York Times concert review |
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| |  | Karl Böhm in Rehearsal and Performance
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm Recorded live at the Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, 17-18
September 1970 “When writing down an opera Strauss naturally had a precise idea of how certain passages were to sound, and if, at rehearsal, one passage or another did not completely correspond to what he had imagined, he ceaselessly criticized it and made corrections, but nothing satisfied him. On such occasions he really did not show his best side, but I willingly accepted it from such a personality because I learned such an enormous amount from him” Karl Böhm “Least appealing of conductors, Böhm achieves impressive results from an anxious-looking Vienna Philharmonic. This is a chastening lesson in precision, concentration, obedience.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** |
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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Wiener Philharmonike, Herbert von Karajan Recorded: Sofiensaal, Vienna, June 1960 (Strauss); September 1961 (Holst) 'I found this an enormously exciting performance of The Planets ... Karajan gives an absolutely splendid performance, breathing new life into the music ... and it is just so welcome to see how finely this music comes up in the hands of a ... different conductor of such gifts ... this is a performance to be heard ... Karajan has brought a new excitement to this music ... I do hope he is playing it to his audiences in Vienna'. Gramophone May 1962 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe (Recorded 1970 & 1973) ‘A magnificent account of Metamorphosen: eloquent, powerful and well controlled. Kempe’s Don Juan has splendid panache and brilliance, excellently characterised and beautifully played, and Till Eulenspiegel is a model of wit and human warmth, rich in energy and earthy good humour.’ (The Gramophone) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Jascha Horenstein conducts The Czech Philharmonic Orchestralive at the Montrux Festival 1966
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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