Richard Strauss - autor

A symphony, some operas and some symphonic poems are Richard Strauss best-know works. As part of our Strauss Edition we present all the composers works for orchestra with and without soloists....

Of all the Strauss-Hoffmansthal collaborations, Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) is by far the most ambitious, and perhaps the opera with the richest musical ideas. Dealing with a complex and lofty subject -- the relationship of a...

When, nearly 30 years since its release, a review of a reissue of Karajans recording of Der Rosenkavalier opens with the words It really does triumph over them all -- even the outstanding 1969 Solti/Decca... (Gramophone, 1988) you know that you...

Friedenstag is at once Richard Strauss (1864-1949) last operatic collaboration with his librettist Stefan Zweig and his first with Joseph Gregor. The themes of the opera set in the mid 17th century are about the highest humanitarian and liberal...

Arabella was first heard in 1933. A kind of sequel to Der Rosenkavalier of 1911, it was to take its place as one of Richard Strauss s more popular operas, thanks to its good-natured story and pleasing, romantic music. Originally conceived as an...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Ariadne auf Naxos Wykonawcy: Anne Sofie von Otter Deborah Voigt Natalie Dessay Ben Heppner Giuseppe Sinopoli Staatskapelle...

Staatskapelle Weimar, Antoni...