Captured live in a gripping concert event dated 30 August 1964, at a point in time many consider the prime of his career or something very close to it, Herbert von Karajan here offers a dazzlingly powerful display of his mastery in music of Richard Strauss, specifically two of the composer's great tone poems, Don Quixote, op. 35 and Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30. He is ably aided by his soloists: Rudolf Streng, violist, member of the Vienna Philharmonic, founding member of the reformed Barylli Quartett active during the decade of the 1950s, and later to be heard in the Vienna Philharmonic String Quartet, and French cellist Pierre Fournier, one of the greatest at his instrument in the 20th c., known as the "aristocrat of cellists" in his lifetime for his lyricism and refinement. The Vienna Philharmonic, by this time fully rejuvenated from it's wartime decline, is in superb shape. In addition, von Karajan's Vienna recordings are treasured productions in a voluminous discography otherwise dominated by the Philharmonia and Berlin recordings.

Tracklist:

Introduktion - Thema: Don Quixote, Der Ritter Von Der Traurigen Gestalt. Sancho Pansa
Variation I. Das Abenteuer Mit Den WindmÃ¼hlen
Variation II. Siegreicher Kampf Gegen Das Heer Des GroÃŸen Kaisers Alifanfaron
Variation III. GesprÃ¤ch Zwischen Ritter Und Knappe
Variation IV. UnglÃ¼ckliches Abenteuer Mit Der Prozession Von BÃ¼ÃŸern
Variation V. Don Quixotes Waffenwache Und HerzensergÃ¼sse
Variation VI. Die Verzauberte Dulcinea
Variation VII. Der Ritt Durch Die Luft
Variation VIII. UnglÃ¼ckliche Fahrt Auf Dem Verzauberten Nachen 1
Variation IX. Der Kampf Gegen Vermeintliche Zauberer 1
Variation X. Zweikampf Mit Dem Ritter Vom Blanken Monde 1
Finale: Don Quixotes Tod 1
Introduktion 1
Von Den Hinterweltlern 1
Von Der GroÃŸen Sehnsucht 1
Von Den Freuden Und Leidenschaften 1
Das Grablied 1
Von Der Wissenschaft 1
Der Genesende 2
Das Tanzlied 2
Das Nachtwandlerlied

UPC: 4011790909127
Label: Orfeo
Release Date: 10.9.15
Format: CD

Strauss / Streng / Vienna Philharmonic / Von Karaj - Don Quixote Op. 35 - Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 3 (CD)