1946
Taking snapshots of Richard Strauss' life, Donald Macleod focuses on the year 1946, when the composer faced de-Nazification and yet wrote some of his most popular music.
After the war, Strauss faced de-Nazification - as someone who had held an administrative post in the Nazi administration, he had to face a tribunal, which would make a judgement on the extent of his guilt. The judgement finally came in 1948; while he was waiting, Strauss wrote some of his most popular music.
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Richard Strauss
Frühling
Performer: Barbara Hendricks (soprano) Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra
- EMI CDC5555942.
- 16.
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Richard Strauss
September, Beim Schlafengehen, Im Abendrot
Performer: Barbara Hendricks (soprano) Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra
- EMI CDC5555942.
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Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Performer: Martin Gabriel (oboe) Performer: André Previn (Conductor) Performer: Vienna Philharmonic
- DG 4534832.
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Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie op.64 (Ausklang and Nacht)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
- TESTAMENT SBT1428.
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