Description
Richard Strauss - Letzte Lieder & Eine Alpensinfonie - Staatskapelle Dresden (DVD)
UPC: 0814337012649
Product Features
- Title: Letzte Lieder & Eine Alpensinfonie
- Composer: Richard Strauss
- Conductor: Christian Thielemann
- Soprano: Anja Harteros
- Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
- Works Featured:Region Code: Worldwide
- Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
- Malven (arranged by Wolfgang Rihm)
- Eine Alpensinfonie
- Aspect Ratio: NTSC 16:9
- Sound: PCM Stereo
- Running Time: 111 minutes
- Subtitles: German (original language), English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
- Video Director: Michael Beyer
- Production: Unitel Classica (2014)
Overview
This DVD captures a stunning performance of Richard Strauss's Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) and Eine Alpensinfonie, featuring the renowned Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Christian Thielemann, and soprano Anja Harteros. The concert commemorates the enduring relationship between Strauss and the Dresden Staatskapelle, a partnership that spanned over six decades and included the premieres of nine of Strauss's operas.
Harteros's performance of Vier letzte Lieder is lauded as a high point of Strauss interpretation, and her rendition of the rarely heard Malven (Strauss’s last song) arranged by Wolfgang Rihm, is a deeply moving experience. Thielemann's interpretation of Eine Alpensinfonie further highlights the grandiosity and emotional depth of Strauss's orchestral writing.
Interesting Facts
- Richard Strauss dedicated his Eine Alpensinfonie to the Staatskapelle Dresden, a gesture that underscores his deep connection with the orchestra.
- Malven, one of the last songs written by Strauss, was originally composed for the soprano Maria Jeritza and remained unpublished for many years. Wolfgang Rihm orchestrated this song especially for the Staatskapelle Dresden's 2014 performance.
- Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), composed in 1948, are some of Strauss’s final works and are considered a poignant reflection on life and death, often regarded as a farewell to the world.
- Christian Thielemann, the conductor for this recording, is widely considered one of the greatest interpreters of Richard Strauss’s works.
Track Listing
- Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)Malven (orchestrated by Wolfgang Rihm)
- Frühling
- September
- Beim Schlafengehen
- Im Abendrot
- Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)
Publishers
- Unitel Classica in cooperation with Staatskapelle Dresden
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