Richard Strauss Archive

Burleske by Richard Strauss

This recording features two sides of Richard Strauss’musical personality, with the amazing ‘Burleske’ in D minor as well as his Ein Heldenleben. While the former is a playful, miniature concerto for piano and orchestra, the latter …

Richard Strauss’ Alpensifonie

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 …

Richard Strauss: Alpensimphonie and More

This recording marks the 29th on the LPO label conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, and is the first Jurowski-conducted Richard Strauss release to date. The performances of the three works on this release were also critically …

Richard Strauss: Lieder

Richard Strauss composed a total of more than two hundred songs, most of them for a high female voice. He was repeatedly inspired by sopranos, and the fact that he married one of these ladies, …