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Strauss - Four Last Songs; 12 Orchestral Songs - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, George Szell, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, The London Symphony Orchestra / Great Recordings Of The Century / EMI Audio CD 1998 Stereo

UPC 724356690820

The Four Last Songs (German: Vier letzte Lieder), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are – with the exception of the song "Malven" (Mallows), composed later the same year – the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84.

Label:	EMI – 724356690820
Series:	Great Recordings Of The Century
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	Europe
Released:	1998
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Modern

Tracklist:

		Vier Letzte Lieder, Op. Posth.	(22:55)

1		Frühling (Hesse)	3:46

2		September (Hesse)	5:17

3		Beim Schlafenhegen (Hesse)	5:22

Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)

8:20

12 Lieder

5		Muttertändelei, Op. 43, No. 2 (Burger)	2:04

6		Waldseligkeit, Op. 49, No. 1 (Dehmel)	3:14

7		Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1 (von Gilm)	1:50

8		Freundliche Vision, Op. 48, No. 1 (Bierbaum)	3:06

9		Die Heiligen Drei Könige, Op. 56, No. 6 (Heine)	6:39

10		Ruhe, Meine Seele, Op. 27, No. 1 (Henckell)	3:59

11		Meinem Kinde, Op. 37, No. 3 (Falke)	2:48

12		Wiegenlied, Op. 41, No. 1 (Dehmel)	4:52

Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4 (Mackay)

Violin – Edith Peinemann

3:50

14		Das Bächlein, Op. 88, No. 1 (Goethe?)	2:06

15		Das Rosenband, Op. 36, No. 1 (Klopstock)	3:17

Winterweihe, Op. 48, No. 4 (Henckell)

3:20

Composed By – Richard Strauss
Conductor – George Szell
Engineer [Balance] – Ernst Rothe (tracks: 1 to 9), Robert Gooch (tracks: 10 to 16), Wolfgang Guelich* (tracks: 1 to 9)
Liner Notes – John B. Steane
Orchestra – Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (tracks: 1 to 9), The London Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 10 to 16)
Producer – Walter Legge
Remastered By – Simon Gibson
Soprano Vocals – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf