With its grandeur and great drama, there has rarely been such a vivid depiction of nature as found in Richard Strauss’ tone poem, An Alpine Symphony.
Calling for huge orchestral forces, this amazingly illustrated journey is Strauss’ crowning orchestral achievement. Using a vast musical canvas packed with vivid and exquisite details, it’s a bold, optimistic and passionate work, unleashing Strong orchestral color alongside moments of awestruck contemplation in a continuous narrative of 22 sections, which Strauss threads together with his usual mastery.
The work is performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Here is an entire hour of this music:
