DESCRIPTION:
The Best of Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 -- 8 September 1949)

Fritz Reiner
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Strauss is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Also sprach Zarathustra, An Alpine Symphony, and other orchestral works, such as Metamorphosen. Strauss was also a prominent conductor throughout Germany and Austria. Strauss, along with Gustav Mahler, represents the late flowering of German Romanticism after Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt, in which pioneering subtleties of orchestration are combined with an advanced harmonic style.

0:00 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Sunrise
1:34 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Of Those in Backwaters
4:44 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Of the Great Longing
6:29 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Of Joys and Passions
8:20 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Song of the Grave
10:35 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Of Science and Learning
14:36 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: The Convalenscent
19:36 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Dance Song
27:13 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Night Wanderer's Song
32:02 Don Juan, Op. 20: Tone Poem
48:36 Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40: The Hero
52:50 Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40: The Hero's Adversaries
55:56 Don Quixote, Op. 35: Introduction
1:01:59 Don Quixote, Op. 35: Variation 2, Battle With the Sheep
1:03:48 Don Quixote, Op. 35: Variation 9, Battle With Magicians
1:04:55 Don Quixote, Op. 35: Variation 10, Duel With Knight of White Moon
1:08:57 Don Quixote, Op. 35: Variation 11, Death of Don Quixote
1:14:59 Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
1:23:42 Burleske in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra
1:43:51 Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53: I. Theme
1:49:12 Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils
1:58:16 Le Burgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60: VII. The Dinner
2:08:30 Elektra, Op. 58: Soliloquy "Allein! Weh', Ganz Allein!"
2:18:04 Four Last Songs