Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

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As we reach the summit, its fine oboe solo followed by broad brass proclamations, Orozco-Estrada’s interpretative strategy becomes clear. This is a reading of glorious warmth and grandeur – as... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018 More…

Release Date: 20th Jul 2018
Catalogue No: PTC5186628
Label: Pentatone
Length: 55 minutes

Presto Editor's Choice

July 2018

Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

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Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Recorded: 13-14 October 2016
Recording Venue: Alte Oper Frankfurt, Germany

No. 1, Nacht

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No. 2, Sonnenaufgang

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No. 3, Der Anstieg

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No. 4, Eintritt in den Wald

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No. 5, Wanderung neben dem Bache

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No. 6, Am Wasserfall

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No. 7, Erscheinung

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No. 8, Auf blumigen Wiesen

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No. 9, Auf der Alm

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No. 10, Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen

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No. 11, Auf dem Gletscher

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No. 12, Gefahrvolle Augenblicke

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No. 13, Auf dem Gipfel

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No. 14, Vision

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No. 15, Nebel steigen auf

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No. 16, Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich

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No. 17, Elegie

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No. 18, Stille vor dem Sturm

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No. 19, Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg

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No. 20, Sonnenuntergang

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No. 21, Ausklang

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Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233: No. 22, Nacht

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With its epic sweep and grandeur and compelling drama, there has rarely been such a spine-tingling and vivid depiction of nature as found in Richard Strauss's magnificent tone poem, An Alpine Symphony. Calling for gargantuan orchestral forces, this lavishly illustrated journey is Strauss's crowning orchestral achievement. Using a vast musical canvas packed with vivid and exquisite details, it's a bold, optimistic and passionate work, unleashing ecstatic blazes of orchestral colour alongside moments of awestruck contemplation in a continuous narrative of 22 sections, which Strauss threads together with his usual mastery and aplomb.The work is performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by podium sensation Andrés Orozco-Estrada. It marks their fourth release in a critically acclaimed series for PENTATONE. Their performance of Strauss's Salome earned Gramophone magazine's Editor's Choice (January 2018). Gramophone also praised their Ein Heldenleben ...the playing has an easy virtuosity ... the love music swells and swoons magnificently . And for their first recording, the Stravinsky ballets The Firebird and The Rite of Spring, Gramophone lauded their ability to unearth an astonishing amount of detail at relatively spacious tempi and PENTATONE's awesomely precise recording .

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Awards Issue 2018

As we reach the summit, its fine oboe solo followed by broad brass proclamations, Orozco-Estrada’s interpretative strategy becomes clear. This is a reading of glorious warmth and grandeur – as much in terms of what he’s communicating in his reading as the essential sound of the performance itself…Not a conventional Alpensinfonie, perhaps, but a glorious slow-burn interpretation that all Straussians will want to hear.

July 2018

Orozco-Estrada’s team of mountaineers are clearly in peak physical condition – even the most arduous stretches of their adventure exude vitality and direction, without so much as a hint of stodginess or bombast. The lower winds and brass are especially impressive (special mention for the eloquent cor anglais in ‘On the Alpine Pasture’ and the distant horns in ‘The Ascent’), and the ‘Calm Before the Storm’ is one of the eeriest I’ve ever heard.

Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

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