R Strauss reviews
Clair-Obscur
Sandrine Piau (soprano); Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté/Jean-François Verdier (Alpha Classics)
Festmusik – A Legacy
Septura; Onyx Brass/John Wilson (Chandos)
Im Abendrot (Matthias Goerne/Seong-Jin Cho)
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Seong-Jin Cho (piano) (DG)
R Strauss: Kramerspiegel, etc
Daniel Behle (tenor), Oliver Schnyder (piano) (Prospero)
A Musical Zoo
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano) (Chandos)
Visions of Childhood
April Fredrick (soprano); English Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Woods (Nimbus)
R Strauss: Metamorphosen, etc
Oculi Ensemble (Champs Hill)
What are the best recordings of Richard Strauss's Don Quixote?
Terry Williams and David Nice search out the best recordings of Cervantes’s hero, Don Quixote, as colourfully depicted by Richard Strauss
Scriabin • R Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, etc
Seattle Symphony/Thomas Dausgaard (Seattle Symphony)
Copland • R Strauss: Duet Concertino, etc
Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), et al; Northern Sinfonia/Richard Stamp (Signum Classics)
R Strauss: Tanzsuite; Divertimento
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Jun Märkl (Naxos)
Lento Religioso
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (Channel Classics)
R Strauss: Don Juan; Brantano Lieder, Op. 68, etc
Louise Alder (soprano); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Robin Ticciati (Linn)
Selige Stunde
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) (Sony Classical)
A New Century
Paul Jacobs (organ); The Cleveland Orchestra/Franz Welser-Möst (Cleveland Orchestra)
R Strauss: Don Juan; Also Sprach Zarathustra, etc
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra/Krzysztof Urbański (Alpha Classics)
R Strauss: Macbeth; Don Juan; Tod und Verklärung; Festmarsch
Staatskapelle Weimar/Kirill Karabits (Audite)
R Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie; Salome – Dance of the Seven Veils; Die Frau ohne Schatten – excerpts
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO)
R Strauss: Don Quixote & Cello Works
Ophélie Gaillard; Beatrice Uria Monzon, Alexandra Conunova, Dov Scheindlin, Vassilis Varvaresos; Czech National Symphony Orchestra/Julien Masmondet (Aparté)
R Strauss: Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6, etc
Raphaela Gromes (cello); Julien Riem (piano) (Sony Classical)
Early Strauss cello sonata given a recording it deserves
'In this persuasive performance by Raphaela Gromes and Julian Riem, the early work bursts into irrepressible life'
Morgen: Songs by Duparc, R Strauss and Rachmaninov
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano) (Erato)
R Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (Lawo Classics)
Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
Diana Damrau (soprano); Helmut Deutsch (piano); Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (Erato)