jmc's classics
Today is the anniversary of the premier of Richard Strauss' symphony in F in 1881. It is one of my favorite works of his along with his Violin Concerto (Opus#8) I like his early works better. I do like his mature works. Strauss was only 17 when he wrote this.
His most famous works are Also Sprach Zarathustra (Opus#30) and Eine Alpensinfonie (Opus#64) which is in English Alpine Symphony. Also Sprach is used in the movie @001 a Space Odyssey. I am not that much in to Schience fiction. Much of it is too eerie for me. The Symphony in F is in four movements; Allegro, Presto, Andante Cantablie and Allegro Assai. It runs about 40 minutes. As I write this I am listening to it being played on Spotify. It is of the Deutsche Radio Orchestra with Herman Baumer conducting. The version that I have on Cd is Of Neeme Jarvi conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. It also contains Sic Songs (Opus #68) and the Romance for Cello and Orchestra (no opus number). The last movement has similar themes as the beginning of the first movement. The first movement sounds almost like a work by Bruckner. I have only seen seven recordings available of this work on Arkiv Music. i like this work and it is sad that there are only a few recordings available of this work and that it is not as popular as Strauss' other works. Strauss also wrote a symphony in D which I can only find one recording of. I know very little about this work and as of now, I have not heard it.
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