Description
Richard Strauss Concert / Leipcig Gewandhaus Orchectra / Conductor: Kurt Masur / Recorded Live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt / Bonus: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche / 2009 DVD
Total Playtime: 65 MInutyes
Region 0 PAL
Made in Europe
UPC 5037899013595
- Rated : Exempt
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 13.6 x 1.7 x 19 cm; 89 Grams
- Manufacturer reference : 5037899013595
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 1 hour and 5 minutes
- Release date : 4 May 2009
- Studio : Digital Classics DVD
- Number of discs : 1
Kurt Masur conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in performances of Strauss's final work, Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) with Julia Varady (soprano) as the soloist, and Metamorphosen a composition for 23 strings written by Strauss during the closing months of the Second World War to mourn the bombing of the Munich Opera House.
Bonus:TILL EULENSPIEGELS LUSTIGE STREICHE Kurt Masur conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Strauss s famous symphonic poem recounting the exploits and demise of the legendary practical joker Till Eulenspiegel.
Kurt Masur (18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and also served as music director of the New York Philharmonic. He left many recordings of classical music played by major orchestras. Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations in the 1989 anti-government demonstrations in Leipzig; the protests were part of the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall.
