R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote

R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote

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Genre: Orchestral music Berliner Philharmoniker, Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

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R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote

Till Eulenspiegel, Don Juan

Berliner Philharmoniker
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Track List

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Don Quixote, Op. 35
Fantasische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters

  1. Introduktion (Mäßiges Zeitmaß) – Thema (Mäßig)
  2. Variation I (Gemächlich)
  3. Variation II (Kriegerisch)
  4. Variation III (Mäßiges Zeitmaß)
  5. Variation IV (Etwas breiter)
  6. Variation V (Sehr langsam)
  7. Variation VI (Schnell)
  8. Variation VII (Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher)
  9. Variation VIII (Gemächlich)
  10. Variation IX (Schnell und stürmisch)
  11. Variation X (Viel breiter)
  12. Finale (Sehr ruhig)
  1. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
    nach alter Schelmenweise – in Rondeauform
  2. Don Juan, Op. 20
    Tondichtung nach Nicolaus Lenau

 

António Meneses, Violoncello (Don Quixote)
Wolfram Christ, Viola (Don Quixote)
Leon Spierer, Violin (Don Quixote)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Original Recording
Producer: Günther Breest
Recording Supervisor: Michel Glotz (Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegels), Werner Meyer (Don Juan)
Balance Engineer: Günther Hermans
Editing: Jürgen Burglin (Don Quixote), Rainer Hepfer (Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegels), Reinhild Schmidt (Don Juan)
Recorded: January 1986 (Don Quixote), June 1986 (Till Eulenspiegels), February 1983 (Don Juan)

Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Higashino (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Engineer: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)

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