IDAGIO | Richard - Wagner & Strauss: Opera Scenes & Orchesterlieder 197189458545

Featuring

Daniel Behle
Thomas Rösner
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Strauss
Richard Wagner

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Istanbul, Turkey, in November 2022, and features the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra.

Composer Biography

Many of Richard Strauss's early songs were written for his wife, opera singer Pauline de Ahna, and he arranged them for orchestra so she could accompany him on his conducting tours.

Recording & Production

The album is digitally available with surround sound technology developed by Dolby Laboratories, offering a naturalistic virtual surround sound experience.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Richard Strauss often set texts by contemporary poets who were popular in their time but might otherwise be forgotten, elevating their words through his music.

Composition History

Richard Wagner himself started the tradition of performing excerpts from his operas in concert, sometimes even premiering overtures, like that of Die Meistersinger, in a concert hall before the full opera was written.

Interpretation

Conductor Thomas Rösner chose the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra for this recording because of its 'wonderfully soft and malleable' sound, which he felt was an excellent match for German Romanticism.

Composer Biography

Richard Wagner, a theoretician of music drama, also played a significant role in expanding the concert hall repertoire by extracting highlights from his operas for concert performance.