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Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Sextet from Capriccio / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Capriccio, Op. 85
Performers: Talvi, Ilkka
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Autobiographical in content, Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben is one of a series of tone-poems, including, Also Sprach Zarathustra (Naxos 8.571215), in which he explored the...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
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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...

Bruckner: String Quintet; Intermezzo; Strauss: Prelude to Capriccio / Raphael Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-05-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op. 85; Anton Bruckner: Quintet for strings in F major, WAB 112; Intermezzo for String Quintet in D minor, WAB 113
Performers: Stirling, Michael
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Ensemble: Raphael Ensemble

"This is quite glorious ... one senses right from the opening of Bruckner's Quintet - surely one of the finest quintets ever written, for any...continue...
Recording information: St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol (10/24/1993-10/26/1993)....continue...

R. Strauss: Metamorphosen, etc / Nash Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-03-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor, Op. 13 (TrV 137); Capriccio, Op. 85
Conductors:
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

This is The Nash Ensemble at its very best-fullblooded performances of red-meat chamber music. Metamorphosen can in some ways be regarded as Richard Strauss's heart-rending...continue...

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht / Artemis Quartet

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-04-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op. 85; Alban Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4
Performers: Erben, Valentin; Jacobsen, Volker; Kakuska, Thomas; Muller, Heime; Prischepenko, Natalia; Runge, Eckart

This new recording of music for string sextet by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Richard Strauss is the third album for Artemis Quartet's on the...continue...

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: Operatic Orchestral Music / Tate

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-01-11

Works: Richard Strauss: Symphonic Intermezzi (4) for orchestra (from the opera "Intermezzo") (TrV 246a); Capriccio, Op. 85; Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman), opera, Op. 80 (TrV 265); Guntram, opera, ...
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey

R. Strauss: Chamber Music / Leipziger Streichquartett

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-02-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op. 85; Quartet for Strings in A major, Op. 2 (TrV 95); Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142
Performers: Ockert, Christian; Rohde, Hartmut; Sanderling, Michael

"As usual, Dabringhaus und Grim has recorded the Leipzig Quartet and their colleagues lustrously. The string sound is true and rich. Since it is the...continue...

Mozart, Franck, R. Strauss / Peyer, Curzon, Amadeus Quartet

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7; Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op. 85
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Curzon, Clifford; de Peyer, Gervase; Pleeth, William
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Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet

This CD combines two great soloists; the clarinetist Gervase de Peyer and the celebrated pianist Clifford Curzon with the Amadeus Quartet in two mainstream popular...continue...

Strauss: Metamorphosen, etc; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-10-12

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Capriccio, Op. 85
Performers: Kussner, Walter; Schwalke, Dietmar; Zepperitz, Rainer
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Ensemble: Brandis Quartet

Ironically, Schonberg's still-tonal Verklarte Nacht went on to become the most famous, even "signature" work, of the inventor of serial atonality. Capitalizing on its success,...continue...

Enesco, Shostakovich: Octets, etc / ASMF Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-02-01

Works: George Enescu: String Octet in C major, Op. 7; Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op. 85; Dmitry Shostakovich: Pieces (2) for double string quartet, Op. 11