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Richard Strauss
12+ albums
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Richard Strauss (11th June 1864 – 8th September 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era and early modern eras, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Also sprach Zarathustra, An Alpine Symphony, and other orchestral works, such as Metamorphosen. Strauss was also a prominent conductor throughout Germany and Austria. Strauss, along with Gustav Mahler, represents the late flowering of German Romanticism after Richard Wagner, in which pioneering subtleties of orchestration are combined with an advanced harmonic style. Strauss was born on 11 June 1864 in Munich, the son of Franz Strauss, who was the principal horn player at the Court Opera in Munich. In his youth, he received a thorough musical education from his father. He wrote his first composition at the age of six, and continued to write music almost until his death. During his boyhood Strauss attended orchestra rehearsals of the Munich Court Orchestra, and he also received private instruction in music theory and orchestration from an assistant conductor there. In 1872 he started receiving violin instruction at the Royal School of Music from Benno Walter, his father's cousin. In 1874 Strauss heard his first Wagner operas, Lohengrin and Tannhäuser. The influence of Wagner's music on Strauss's style was to be profound, but at first his
top songs
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Also Sprach Zarathustra
38,2132Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 (Arr. Reger for Piano)
38,0193Romance for Cello and Orchestra, TrV 118
34,7934Introduction
33,9815Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Prelude. Sonnenaufgang
32,6346Of Joys and Passions
32,3687Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30, TrV 176: Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)
31,9448IV. Traumerei (Reverie)
28,3199Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)
26,01110No. 4. Allegro molto
24,080albums
Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegel; Don Juan; Salome's Dance Of The Seven Veils
STRAUSS, R: Piano Sonata / 5 Piano Pieces / Stimmungsbilder
STRAUSS, R.: Also Sprach Zarathustra / Salome's Dance
STRAUSS, R.: Don Quixote / Romance for Cello and Orchestra
Ariadne auf Naxos
Also Sprach Zarathustra
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Der Rosenkavalier (disc 1)
Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs, etc.
Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
STRAUSS, R.: Heldenleben (Ein) / Macbeth
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 / Don Juan, Op. 20 / Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28