Richard Strauss Archive

Fauré and Strauss: Violin and Piano Sonatas. The world’s most well-known violinist, Itzhak Perlman, has a new recording out for his 70th birthday. This project brings Mr. Perlman together with his longtime friend and collaborator, …

Richard Strauss: Symphonia Domestica and “Die Tageszeiten”. For too many years, Strauss’ Symphonia Domestica and the Alpensinfonie were regarded as having little artistic worth, and while the Alpensinfonie has now firmly established itself in its …

  Georg Solti: In rehearsals and performance As a young conductor, Hungarian-born Georg Solti was an assistant to Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival during the early 1930’s. His role was to prepare the singers, …

 Christiane Karg, Soprano. I last wrote about this marvelous singer on August 1, 2014; I almost feel that I neglected her. However, this Bavarian-born singer is able to hold her own, based on the excellence …

  Richard Strauss: The Concertos. Richard Strauss became best known for his amazing operas, and for his Lieder for Soprano, some of which he composed for his wife, Pauline, who was a well-known singer in …