Strauss, R.: Rosenkavalier (Der) Suite / Symphonic Fantasy On Die Frau Ohne Schatten / Symphonic Fragment From Josephs Legende
3/29/2010, 3 Tracks, 1:08:17
Featuring
JoAnn Falletta
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Strauss
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Performer Biography
JoAnn Falletta, the conductor on this album, has received numerous awards, including the Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award and ten ASCAP awards, and has presented over 400 works by American composers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Late in his life, Richard Strauss created symphonic memoirs of his lesser-known works, like Die Frau ohne Schatten and Josephs-Legende, to preserve their storylines and musical highlights.
Composer Biography
Richard Strauss, the composer, enjoyed a long creative life, with his first major work, Don Juan, scored at age 24 in 1888, and his last, Four Last Songs, composed in 1948-49.
Composition History
Strauss's ballet Josephs-Legende, originally completed in 1914, was commissioned for the Ballets Russes under Sergey Dyagilev, who had also commissioned Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring.
Compositional Technique
The music of Der Rosenkavalier was inspired by the gaiety and grace of the Viennese waltz, even though the opera is set in 18th-century Vienna, a century before the waltz evolved.
Compositional Technique
In Die Frau ohne Schatten, Strauss followed Wagner's lead by crafting variable leitmotifs to portray the characters and their evolving sentiments.
Composition History
Richard Strauss composed Der Rosenkavalier, a 'comedy for music,' in 1910, based on a three-act libretto by Austrian poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
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