Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Lan Shui - R. Strauss: Macbeth, Rosenkavalier Suite & Tod und Verklärung (2020) [Hi-Res]

• Title: R. Strauss: Macbeth, Rosenkavalier Suite & Tod und Verklärung
  
• Year Of Release: 2020
  
• Label: BIS
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
  
• Total Time: 01:11:58
  
• Total Size: 326 mb / 1.5 gb
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

Tracklist

01. Macbeth, Op. 23, TrV 163
02. Der Rosenkavalier Suite, TrV 227d I. Con moto agitato
03. Der Rosenkavalier Suite, TrV 227d II. Un poco lento
04. Der Rosenkavalier Suite, TrV 227d III. Allegro molto - Tempo di valse
05. Der Rosenkavalier Suite, TrV 227d IV. Moderato molto sostenuto
06. Der Rosenkavalier Suite, TrV 227d V. Schneller Walzer
07. Tod und Verklarung, Op. 24, TrV 158


Generally acknowledged as one of the great masters of the late-Romantic symphony orchestra, Richard Strauss understood like few others how to use the rich palette of instrumental colours to portray larger-than-life passions and emotions. He did so in a series of pioneering symphonic poems - often choosing as his subject extraordinary characters such as Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel and Don Quixote. But before either of these, in his very first tone poem, he composed a portrayal of Macbeth, his ferociously ambitious wife and their downfall. It is with this rarely played work that Lan Shui and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra open their all-Strauss disc. Also included is another early tone poem, Tod und Verklärung, which Strauss started composing very shortly after Macbeth, and which was actually premièred before that work.

In his new work, Strauss didn't make use of an existing character or story - instead he set out to depict the emotions of a man struggling against and finally giving in to death. These two works, which both end in death, frame a suite from one of the composer's most lighthearted ventures - the opera Der Rosenkavalier, set in mid-eighteenth century courtly Vienna. Premièred in 1911, this sophisticated aristocratic comedy, proved a perennial favourite and towards the end of his life, Strauss gave his blessing to the Suite recorded here, which manages to include a fair selection of the opera's best-loved moments.

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