Vladimir Jurowski's 2018 release on LPO brings together three live performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra of popular works by Richard Strauss: the orchestral excerpts from Die Frau ohne Schatten were recorded in 2012, the Dance of the Seven Veils from Salomé in 2013, and the symphonic poem Eine Alpensinfonie in 2016. These vivid recordings put the listener smack in the center of things, re-creating the enormous sound of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, and the ...
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Vladimir Jurowski's 2018 release on LPO brings together three live performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra of popular works by Richard Strauss: the orchestral excerpts from Die Frau ohne Schatten were recorded in 2012, the Dance of the Seven Veils from Salomé in 2013, and the symphonic poem Eine Alpensinfonie in 2016. These vivid recordings put the listener smack in the center of things, re-creating the enormous sound of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, and the extraordinary effects and rich scoring of Eine Alpensinfonie come across with incredible depth and range. This disc by itself may satisfy Strauss fans in need of a thrilling reading of one of his most dynamic and opulent scores, though the second disc of the provocative Dance of the Seven Veils and the dramatic instrumental pieces from Die Frau ohne Schatten may be of greater interest to newcomers as an introduction to Strauss' music for the stage. LPO's recording approaches audiophile...
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