IDAGIO | R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, TrV 190 - Magnard: Chant funèbre, Op. 9 747313356379

Featuring

Jean-Claude Casadesus
Fernand Iaciu
Orchestre National de Lille
Richard Strauss
Albéric Magnard

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Recording & Production

In April 2015, the Orchestre National de Lille became Europe's first orchestra to go fully digital, boasting a complete digital signal chain from sound pick-up to recording.

Compositional Technique

Ein Heldenleben includes references to Richard Strauss's earlier compositions, such as Don Juan, Also sprach Zarathustra, and Tod und Verklärung, in the section depicting the hero's works of peace.

Composition History

Albéric Magnard's Chant funèbre was written in memory of his father, who died in 1894.

Composer Biography

Richard Strauss, a German composer and conductor, was the son of a distinguished horn-player and a member of a rich brewing family.

Composer Biography

Albéric Magnard, a French composer, was the son of Francis Magnard, a distinguished journalist who became editor-in-chief of Le Figaro.

Composition History

Richard Strauss's tone-poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) is autobiographical, with its six main sections intricately interwoven to form a single symphonic movement.

Historical Context

Albéric Magnard died in 1914 when German soldiers attacked his country house, and he perished when the house was set on fire after he shot one of the soldiers.