Don Juan Op 20 / Sprach Zarathustra Op 30

Strauss (Artist), Koussevitsky (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 26, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Biddulph Records
• ASIN: B000007N8X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #665,990 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don Juan (Op.20)

2. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Sunrise

3. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Of The People Of The Unseen World

4. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Of The Great Longing

5. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Of Joys And Passions

6. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Dirge

7. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Of Science

8. Also Sprach Zarathustra: The Convalescent

9. Also Sprach Zarathustra: The Dance Song

10. Also Sprach Zarathustra: The Song Of The Night-Wanderer

11. Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (Op.28)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

On paper, Strauss's prodigious palette of instrumental combinations would seem the perfect match for this colorful conductor and his virtuoso orchestra. In reality, Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel emerge heavy and hard-driven, lacking the transparent delicacy and characterization that distinguish other pre-stereo versions conducted by Böhm, Busch, Toscanini, and the composer himself. Recorded a decade earlier, this 1933 disc premiere of Zarathustra is sonically richer, though the performance meanders somewhat in comparison to later 78-era versions from Stock and Rodzinski. --Jed Distler