STRAUSS The Orchestral Suites

Podcast: Richard Strauss’ Orchestral Suites

Richard Strauss wrote some of the finest operas of the 20th century. Pieces like Elektra, Salome and Der Rosenkavalier helped push the limits of the operatic artform, and also established Strauss as one of the truly great composers for the … Read More →

Horn Concertos

Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos

Former horn player Raymond Bisha takes you on a personal tour of this new CD set from Profil celebrating the French Horn, and some of it’s finest players including Wilhelm Bruns, Hermann Baumann, Peter Damm and the legendary Erich Penzel … Read More →

STRAUSS Alpine Symphony

Podcast: Richard Strauss’s Alpine Symphony

Richard Strauss wrote his Alpine Symphony in 1915, inspired by the death of his friend Gustav Mahler. This is a huge work, requiring an orchestra of 125 people, and is monumentally difficult as well. This podcast looks at a new … Read More →

Eugene Ormandy and the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra perform works by Handel, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Strauss

This new title from Medici Arts features legendary conductor Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, filmed during the summers of 1977 and 1978. Featured works include Rimksy-Korsakov’s Sheherazade; Georg Frederic Handel’s Concerto in D Major; Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and … Read More →

Richard Strauss, Vier Letzte Lieder (8.570283) – CD des Monats Februar 2008

Ricarda Merbeth, die Solistin unserer CD des Monats: Richard Strauss, Vier Letzte Lieder (8.570283) ist auf internationalen Opernbühnen eine gefeierte Sopranistin.Die Wiener Zeitung schreibt “…Ricarda Merbeth, die mit ihrem kraftvollen, zugleich himmlisch klaren Sopran zeigt, wo Gott wohnt”. Merbeth verleiht … Read More →