Top 10 Richard Strauss works
Gramophone
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
The dramatic power and grandeur in the operas and tone-poems Strauss wrote from 1885-1910 has never been equalled.
No 1
Also sprach Zarathustra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner
'Those who have been following RCA's Fritz Reiner Collection will...' Review
No 2
Ein Heldenleben
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
'For this particular reviewer few orchestral concerts have...' Review
No 3
Metamorphosen
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
'Karajan's pioneering record with the VPO made in 1947 has only...' Review
No 4
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
'The playing of the Berlin...' Review
No 5
Horn Concerto No 1
Marie Luise Neunecker (hn) Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Ingo Metzmacher
'Other notable performances...' Review
No 6
Oboe Concerto
François Leleux (ob) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding
'In the summer of 1945...' Review
No 7
Der Rosenkavalier
Soloists; Bavarian State Orchestra / Carlos Kleiber
'At last this unforgettable performance appears on DVD. Acclaimed on both video...' Review
No 8
Salome
Soloists; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
'There is a real sense here of a theatrical performance, as directed...' Review
No 9
Elektra
Soloists; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
'What is undoubtedly one of the greatest performances...' Review
No 10
Four Last Songs
Soile Isokoski (sop) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski
'Strauss singing doesn’t come...' Review