R. Strauss: Symphonische Dichtungen

Featuring

Jun Märkl
Tonkünstler-Orchester
Richard Strauss

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Richard Strauss intended "Tod und Verklärung" (Death and Transfiguration) to depict the final moments of an artist striving for the highest goals, not an ordinary person.

Composition History

The orchestral suite "Der Bürger als Edelmann" (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme) was created by Richard Strauss by collecting the best numbers from his theatrical music, ensuring its survival for the concert hall.

Composition History

Richard Strauss's "Don Juan" was composed in the spring of 1888 and finished by autumn, but its premiere in Weimar was over a year later, on November 11, 1889.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at Auditorium Grafenegg, Lower Austria, from May 30 to June 2, 2017, by Pegasus Musikproduktion.

Performer Biography

Jun Märkl studied with renowned conductors Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and Gustav Meier in Michigan, and later with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa at Tanglewood.

Performer Biography

Jun Märkl, the conductor, was born in Munich to a distinguished German concertmaster father and a Japanese solo pianist mother.

Critical Reception

Despite initial critical division, "Don Juan" was performed 26 times in its first three years in cities worldwide, solidifying Richard Strauss's international reputation.