Strauss - Andris Nelsons

Strauss - Andris Nelsons

486 2040 (Deutsche Grammophon, CD, 7 discs)

COMPILATION (6 May 2022)

Playing time: [511']
Tracks: 93
Booklet pages: 18
℗ 2022 Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
© 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Main country of recording: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Strauss - Andris Nelsons published on 18 June 2022

Yuja Wang, piano (track 19)
Yo-Yo Ma, cello (tracks 20-33)
Steven Ansell, viola (tracks 20-33)
Sebastian Breuninger, violin (tracks 34-42)
Michael Schönheit, organ (tracks 34-42)
Frank-Michael Erben, violin (tracks 72–77)
Olivier Latry, organ (track 93)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (tracks 1, 6-10, 12, 18-19, 34-42, 65-67, 72-80 and 89-93)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (tracks 2-5, 11, 13-17, 20-33, 43-64, 68-71, 81-88 and 93)
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Richard Strauss (1864-1949):

1 Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

2-5 Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo

6-10 Der Rosenkavalier - Concert Suite for Orchestra

11 Love Scene from Feuersnot

12 Whipped Cream Waltz from Schlagobers

13-17 Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

18 Don Juan - tone poem for large orchestra

19 Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra

20-33 Don Quixote - Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character

34-42 Also sprach Zarathustra

43-64 An Alpine Symphony

65-67 Macbeth - tone poem for large orchestra after Shakespeare’s drama

68-71 Death and Transfiguration – tone poem for large orchestra

72-77 Ein Heldenleben - tone poem for large orchestra

78-80 Metamorphosen - a study for 23 solo strings

81-87 Symphonia Domestica - for large orchestra

88 Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten

89-92 Aus Italien - symphonic fantasy for large orchestra

93 Festival Prelude for Organ and Orchestra on the occasion of the opening of the new Konzerthaus in Vienna on 19 October 1913

Recorded November-December 2017 (tracks 43-64), March-April 2018 (tracks 20-33), May 2019 (tracks 13-17), September-October 2019 (tracks 81–87), October-November 2019 (track 93), March 2021 (tracks 2–5), October 2021 (tracks 11, 68-71 and 88) at Boston, Symphony Hall, Boston, USA; and February 2021 (tracks 78–80), March 2021 (tracks 65–67 and 89–92), May 2021 (tracks 1, 6-10, 34-42 and 72–77) and June 2021 (tracks 12 and 18-19) at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany.

As part of the multidimensional artistic alliance established between his two world-class orchestras, visionary conductor Andris Nelsons has recorded all the major orchestral works of Richard Strauss with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. The BSO is joined by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Don Quixote, while star pianist Yuja Wang appears with the Leipzig players in Burleske. The two orchestras join forces on the recording of the Festliches Präludium for large orchestra and organ, made with organist Olivier Latry in Symphony Hall in November 2019 while the Gewandhausorchester was on tour in Boston. Their seven-CD anthology was issued by Deutsche Grammophon on 6 May 2022. The recordings are also available digitally, and form the first Strauss orchestral cycle available in the immersive Dolby Atmos format.