Coming on the heels of a 2016 recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and his subsequent appointment as chief conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski offers a new live recording of one of the most virtuosic pieces in the symphonic repertoire, Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64. Strauss' monumental, through-played final tone poem is scored for more than 125 musicians, with diverse needs such as a wind machine, a Heckelphone, and off-stage brass. Programmatic movement titles ...
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Coming on the heels of a 2016 recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and his subsequent appointment as chief conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski offers a new live recording of one of the most virtuosic pieces in the symphonic repertoire, Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64. Strauss' monumental, through-played final tone poem is scored for more than 125 musicians, with diverse needs such as a wind machine, a Heckelphone, and off-stage brass. Programmatic movement titles depict a day spent traversing an alpine mountain, beginning at dawn and concluding at dusk, as Strauss contemplates the relationship of humans to nature. Compared to the recording with the London Philharmonic, Jurowski takes a slightly more deliberate turn with "Auf dem Gipfel" ("On the Summit"), fully emphasizing the drama of gazing down upon the conquered ascent, and it is stunning. The "Gewitter und Sturm, Absteig" ("Thunder and Tempest, Descent") movement harkens back to when, as a...
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