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Richard Strauss: Elektra / Michaela Schuster, Evelyn Herlitzius, Camilla Nylund, Hubert Delamboye, and Gerd Grochowski. Netherlands Opera

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Bolle, Lisette [Vocals]; Engeland, Anja Van; Haegeman, Lien; Hofer, Astrid [Vocals]; Rasker, Helena
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: ; Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam

The first CD release of De Nederlandse Opera on Challenge Classics! Due to its immense success this was the fourth time that this production, with...continue...
Recording information: 2011-10-06&2011-10-09&2011-....continue...

R. Strauss: Metamorphosen; Schumann: Konzertstuck for 4 horns; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll / Kent Nagano

1 Super Audio CD / Farao Classics / 2012-10-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Konzertstück for 4 horns & orchestra in F major, Op. 86; Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142
Performers: Dengler, Johannes; Draxinger, Franz; Hochwimmer, Maximilian [Horn]; Schmitz, Rainer
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Symphony Orchestra

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Following two opening strokes by the full orchestra, the dauntless Munich hornists respond with a striking fanfare....continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, Angela De, Felicity Palmer, Matthias Goerne - Gergiev

2 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2012-07-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Kravtsova, Tatiana; Popova, Ekaterina [Soprano (Vocal)]; Sergeeva, Ekaterina [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Shevtsova, Lia; Solovieva, Varvara [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

On this new set from LSO Live, Valery Gergiev conducts Strauss' Elektra, one of the most powerful operas in the repertoire, accompanied by a superlative...continue...
Recording information: The Barbican, London (2010-01-11_2010-01-12&2010-)....continue...

R. Strauss, Skalkottas & Aho: Concertos and Solos For Oboe / Yeon-Hee Kwak

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-05-22

Works: Nikos Skalkottas: Concertino for oboe & piano; Kalevi Aho: Seven Inventions and Postlude, for oboe & cello; Richard Strauss: Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144
Performers: Kwak, Yeon-Hee; Pia, David [Cello]
Conductors: Goritzki, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Munchner Rundfunkorchester

The outstanding oboist Yeon-Hee Kwak pays tribute to three twentieth-century composers and gives the recording premiere of the orchestral version of the Concertino for Oboe...continue...

R. Strauss: Der Burger als Edelmann; Four Last Songs / Lisa Larsson, soprano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (4), Op. 27
Performers: Larsson, Lisa
Conductors: Boyd, Douglas
Ensemble: ; Musikkollegium Winterthur

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
That takes 35 minutes. The other half-hour or so is songs, and Strauss wrote gorgeous songs - and they...continue...
Recording information: Stadthaus Winterthur (09/05/2011-09/09/2011)....continue...

Sehnsucht, Hoffnung, Weltgeschehen

1 Super Audio CD / Musicaphon / 2011-08-06

Works: Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 2, for strings & trumpet ad lib in D major, H. 153; Jacques Castérède: Concertino for trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion & orchetsra; Richard Strauss: Also Sp...
Performers: Dany Bonvin; Segers, Guido
Conductors: Brogli-Sacher, Roman

Recording information: Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Musik- und Kongreáha (05/10/2009-05/11/2009)....continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Four Last Songs / Dorothea Röschmann, soprano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-08-06

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Gruppman, Igor; Roschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Recording information: Doelen Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (06/2010)....continue...

Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet Op. 13; Cello Sonata Op. 6; Capriccio String Sextet

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2011-07-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor, Op. 13 (TrV 137); Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major, Op. 6; Capriccio, Op. 85
Performers: Coelho, Miguel Borges; Fortin, Vladimir; Holman, Petr; Kanka, Michal
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capriccio String Sextet; Prazak Quartet

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD

This disc contains pieces from both the beginning and the end of Strauss' career. A master of the lyrical stage,...continue...
Recording information: Lichtenstein Palace Martinu Hall (Hamu), Prague....continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Webern: Im Sommerwind

1 Super Audio CD / CSO Resound / 2010-06-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Anton Webern: Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra
Performers: Chen, Robert
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard

Hot on the heels of an Editor's Choice for his Alpine Symphony, Bernard Haitink conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the world's greatest Strauss...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center....continue...

Opera Fantasies From Shadowlands

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions Import / 2010-05-05

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Der Vampyr; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonate Nr. 14, cis-moll, Op. 27 Nr. 2; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Work(s); Jacques Offenbach: Work(s); Richard Strauss: Work(s); Giacomo Mey...
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Ensemble: Le Quatuor Romantique

Harmonium player Joachim Diessner founded the ensemble Le Quatuor Romantique with the aim to breathe new life into the varied and rich music repertoire from...continue...
Recording information: Ev. Kirche Honrath (12/2009)....continue...

Strauss, Walter, Marx / Emma Bell, Andrew West

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2010-03-23

Works: Bruno Walter: Tragödie I ("Entflieh mit mir"), for voice & piano; Tragödie II (""Es fiel ein Reif"), for voice & piano; Tragödie III ("Auf ihrem Grab"), for voice & piano; Des Kindes S...
Performers: Bell, Emma; West, Andrew

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Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Tod und Verklärung [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 24 (TrV 158)
Conductors: Alber, Jonas

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Mozart, R. Strauss: Wind Serenades

1 Super Audio CD / Summit Records / 2010-03-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major, Op. 7 (TrV 106); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gran Partita
Conductors: Wolynec, Gregory
Ensemble: Gateway Chamber Ensemble

"All in all, I am very happy to hear this recording from an American ensemble, and I hope we can hear more from then, Under...continue...

Rarities: Chamber Musical - R. Strauss, F. Strauss

1 Super Audio CD / Musicaphon / 2010-03-03

Works: Richard Strauss: Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major, Op. 7 (TrV 106); Franz Strauss: Concerto for Horn in C minor, Op. 8; Concerto for horn & orchestra no 2 in E flat Major, Op. 14; C&#...
Performers: Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Weber, Mathias [Piano]
Conductors: Brogli-Sacher, Roman

Recording information: Lübeck, Musik- und Kongreáhalle....continue...

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie

1 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2010-02-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard

LSO Live is thrilled to welcome Bernard Haitink back for his first recording with the London Symphony Orchestra since their internationally acclaimed Beethoven cycle in...continue...
Recording information: Barbican, London (06/08/2008/06/10/2008)....continue...

Sehnsucht

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Sehnsucht, D 656; Die Nacht ("Wie schön bist du"), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 983c (Op. 17/4); Ständchen ("Zögernd, leise"), for alto, chorus & piano ("N...
Performers: Janssen, Thom [Piano]; Ruiten, Lenneke
Conductors: Csillag, Beni

The nineteenth century was a golden age for choral singing in Germany and Austria. Singing clubs, and later on, choral societies, shot up all over...continue...
Recording information: Dutch Reformed Church, Rhoon, The Netherlands (2009-05-16_2009-05-17&2009-)....continue...

Exotic Dances From The Opera / Eiji Oué, Minnesota Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Reference Recordings / 2009-11-10

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Henri Rabaud: Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo; Anton Rubinstein: ...
Conductors: Oue, Eiji

"A sonic spectacular. The orchestra sounds full, natural, warm, and nicely spread out over the soundstage. There is none of the glare that still seems...continue...

Strauss: Alpine Symphony, Macbeth / Marek Janowski, Pittsburgh SO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Macbeth (symphonic poem), Op. 23; Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

The Trumpets that Time Forgot / Freeman-Attwood, Wallace

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Joseph Rheinberger: Sonata for violin, cello & organ in C minor, Op. 149; Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Edward Elgar: Sonata for Organ no 2 in B flat, Op. 87a
Performers: Carey, Colm; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan

Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italian [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2009-02-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Aus Italien, symphonic fantasy, Op. 16 (TrV 147)

Seduction - R. Strauss: Songs, etc / Davislim, Young, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2008-12-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (6), Op. 17; Lieder (3), Op. 29; Lieder (5), Op. 32; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (5), Op. 39;...
Performers: Davislim, Steve
Conductors: Young, Simone
Ensemble: Victoria State Orchestra

Twice awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee award, Steve Davislim, Australia's leading young tenor began his musical training as a horn player and studied...continue...

Tutti! - Orchestral Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Reference Recordings / 2008-10-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) (i), opera ("springtime tale") in 4 acts with a prologue; George Whitefield Chadwick: Suite Symphonique, for orchestra, L. 2/20; Ron Nelson: Roc...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Istomin, Eugene
Conductors: Oue, Eiji; Serebrier, José; Junkin, Jerry; Schwarz, Gerard; Paul, James; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; McGegan, Nicholas; Seelig, Timothy
Ensemble: ; Minnesota Orchestra; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Turtle Creek Chorale

This is the first SACD from Reference Recordings! It contains the world premiere recording of Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra in his own composition,...continue...

R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie Op 64, Don Juan Op 20 / Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2008-10-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Following their successful 2004 release of 'Ein Heldenleben', RCO Live presents a second Strauss release from Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. This CD...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 5

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 429/L 132; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199...
Performers: Adlam, Derek; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Feng, Ning; Giacometti, Paolo; Hoppe, Thomas; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Jarnot, Konrad; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Mees, Reinhild; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Qiao, Ta...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Budapest Festival Orchestra; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Bach Society

Channel Classics' fifth mid-priced Super Artists on Super Audio sampler could not be more varied. The musical selections on this disc travel from Bach to...continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Tod und Verklärung / Alber, Brunswick State Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2008-10-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Conductors: Alber, Jonas
Ensemble: Brunswick State Orchestra

Richard Strauss set this typically romantic poem to music - the story of a hero who must go through trials, endure attacks and setbacks, but...continue...

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

3 Super Audio CD / Orfeo / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos

Gramophone Magazine
So what is especially magical? The energy, the attention to the stage drama in the music (not least its wit), the pacing - "fast"...continue...
Recording information: Nationaltheater, München (07/13/1973)....continue...

Strauss: Don Juan Op 20, Tod und Verklärung Op 24, etc / Albrecht, Strasbourg PO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Intermezzo, Op. 72
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

"The excellent surround sonics drew me into the major work here - 'Death and Transfiguration' - composed by the agnostic Strauss when he was only...continue...

Lübeck Philharmonic Live Vol 1 - Postwar Sounds, Switzerland

1 Super Audio CD / Musicaphon / 2008-01-01

Works: Rolf Liebermann: Furioso; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 3 "Liturgique"
Conductors: Brogli-Sacher, Roman
Ensemble: Lubeck Philharmonic Orchestra

Postwar Sounds, Switzerland. - At first glance, three words that can only be reconciled with difficulty. To be sure, Switzerland did not participate in the...continue...

R. Strauss: Symphonia domestica, etc / Reiner, Chicago SO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica for orchestra, Op. 53 (TrV 209); Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Unmatched in their interpretation of the music of Richard Strauss, Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform the composer's witty celebration of family life...continue...

Strauss: Josephslegende / Fischer, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2007-06-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Josephslegende, Op. 63
Conductors: Fischer, Iván

"Given the ripe orchestration (four harps, piano, celesta, wind machine, six horns, contrabass clarinet, and lots of other ear-catching stuff), superior sonics may well prove...continue...

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Alber, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2007-06-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Conductors: Alber, Jonas
Ensemble: Braunschweig State Orchestra

Grainger: Over the Hills - and Far Away; Ives, etc

1 Super Audio CD / 2 L Records / 2007-02-27

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Suite algérienne, for orchestra in C major, Op. 60; Orient et Occident, for band (or orchestra), Op. 25; Percy Grainger: Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away),...
Conductors: Sagstad, Bjorn

R. Strauss, G. Enescu: Violin Sonatas / Holthe, Aspaas

1 Super Audio CD / 2 L Records / 2007-01-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 18; George Enescu: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 25
Performers: Aspaas, Tor Espen; Holthe, Kolbjorn

Erwartung - Schoenberg, Wagner, etc / Kringelborn, Martineau

1 Super Audio CD / Nima / 2006-04-03

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Songs (4), Op. 2; Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 39; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Hugo Wolf: Goethe Lieder; Max Reger: Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76
Performers: Kringelborn, Solveig; Martineau, Malcolm

They have performed them in concert for many years, and now Solveig Kringelborn and Malcolm Martineau have finally released their CD with German lieder. The...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Bychkov, Palmer, Clark, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2006-01-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Arellano, Margarita de; Bezuyen, Arnold; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Grundheber, Franz; Palmer, Felicity; Polaski, Deborah; Resmark, Susanne; Robinson, Twyla; Schwanewilms, Anne; Svendén, Birgitta;...
Conductors: Bychkov, Semyon
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

This new SACD production of Elektra features Felicity Palmer as Clytemnestra and Debroah Polaski as Elektra conducted by Semyon Bychkov and the WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln....continue...

R. Strauss: Scenes from Salome and Elektra

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra; Final Scene
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Schoeffler, Paul; Yeend, Frances
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, etc / P. Järvi, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, harp & strings, o.Op. 147 (TrV 293, AV 147); Capriccio, Op. 85
Performers: Arrue, Higinio; Kern, Nicole; Sepec, Daniel
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

"This PentaTone Classics SACD removes all uncertainty from the choice. You have to go all the way back to Fritz Reiner to find recorded performances...continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Jansons, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2005-01-11

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Performers: Kerr, Alexander
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"Jansons achieves incredible depth in colouring, but the at time vertiginous beauty of the orchestral sound never aims to play to the gallery and is...continue...

Richard Strauss in High Fidelity / Fritz Reiner, Chicago

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Performers: Weicher, John
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Among the very first Living Stereo recordings ever made, these landmark performances document the start of the legendary partnership of Fritz Reiner and the Chicago...continue...

Dvorak, Strauss: Works for Cello / Mehta, Maisky, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-05-11

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
Performers: Maisky, Mischa; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra