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Strauss - Don Juan & Eine Alpensinfonie

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RCO08006

Strauss - Don Juan & Eine Alpensinfonie

Recorded Live at Concertgebouw 19, 20, 21 & 23 September 2007 (Alpensinfonie); 18, 21 October 2007, 16, 17 January 2008 (Don Juan)

Strauss, R:

Don Juan, Op. 20

Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (chief conductor)

After the successful release of Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben in 2004, Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again present two familiar symphonic poems by Richard Strauss, who had close ties with the then fledgling Concertgebouw Orchestra. This CD brings together live performances of Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie which were recorded during the 2007-8 season and which met with great acclaim both in and outside the Netherlands.Although Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie were not dedicated to Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, as Ein Heldenleben was, both works sound here as if they were written for the Amsterdam-based orchestra.

"A rich, dramatic Don Juan, built on bitter-sweet woodwind timbres, magnificently bright brasses and uncommonly velvety strings." [Don Juan] The New York Times concert review

“…Mariss Jansons's… great lover is beefier if less nimble-footed than George Szell's (on Sony), with the woodwind repeated-note support crystal clear behind spacious strings. …Jansons's…Alpine Symphony… is unique in its grave beauty, and as fine a love recording as any we've had from the concert-halls of late.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 *****

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