Release Date: 31 January 2020
Label: Br Klassik - Full Price / BR Klassik
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4035719001822
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Composer/Series: Richard Strauss
Description
One of the most popular symphonic poems by Richard Strauss - actually one of the most famous tone poems ever - is his Thus Spoke Zarathustra" op. 30, from 1896. The distinctive theme, followed by timpani blows and powerful, surging chords in the brass, was well-known long before it was used for a film score (Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey"). Fifty years ago, this work went far beyond the limits of classical music - and is now familiar to all. The cumbersome title, along with the fact that the composition tackles Friedrich Nietzsche's eponymous poetic and philosophical work may even have initially hampered its overwhelming popularity. Nietzsche himself fittingly commented: "To which genre does this 'Zarathustra' belong, I wonder? I am rather inclined to think it is 'symphonies'.""
Various
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Simon Rattle
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Sir Colin Davis
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Nathalie Stutzmann; Tolzer Knabenchor; Mariss Jansons
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Bernard Haitink
Horn section of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Hans Hotter; Lilian Benningsen; Hermann Prey; Fritz Wunderlich; Ingeborg Hallstein; Eva Maria Rogne
Christopher Maltman; Rachael Wilson; Benjamin Bruns; Munchner Rundfunkorchester; Patrick Hahn
