Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, Op. 60b, TrV 228c & Duett-Concertino, TrV 293

Featuring

Markus Poschner
Corrado Giuffredi
Alberto Biano
Robert Kowalski
Johann Sebastian Paetsch
Bernhard Paumgartner

Richard Strauss
Annette Brun
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Miscellaneous

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Richard Strauss claimed to have found inspiration for the Duet-Concertino in Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the princess and the bear.

Composer Biography

Strauss faced a 'de-nazification' program by the American military command in Bavaria due to his past roles as president of the Reichsmusikkammer and the Standing Council for International Cooperation among Composers.

Performer Biography

Corrado Giuffredi, the principal clarinetist of the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, plays a clarinet custom-designed for him by Morrie Backun.

Compositional Technique

The Duet-Concertino features sophisticated concerto grosso effects through its triple formation of wind soloists and solo and tutti strings.

Performer Biography

The Orchestra della Svizzera italiana (OSI), founded in Lugano in 1935, has collaborated with notable composers like Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, and Penderecki.

Historical Context

Richard Strauss's final years were marked by disillusionment and a sense of the end of a glorious civilization, due to his difficult relationship with the Nazi regime and its collapse.