Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote: a guide to the greatest recordings

Hugo Shirley
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Strauss’s portrayal of the legendary knight errant offers brilliant dramatic opportunities for bold cellists, conductors and orchestras. Hugo Shirley surveys a recorded history reaching back nine decades

‘Don Quixote Fighting the Windmill’: tapestry of wool and silk originating from the workshop of the Leyniers family in Brussels in the 17th/18th century (photography: Detroit Institute of Arts/Bridgeman Images)

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