Berliner Philharmoniker & Gustavo Dudamel - R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (2013/2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

A truly breathtaking new recording from, quite simply, the most exciting and gifted young conductor of our times.

A rite of passage and true legacy project: Dudamel’s debut recording with the legendary Berlin Philharmonic.

Recorded live at the Philharmonie in Berlin, whose acoustics were designed expressly for the brilliant, luxurious tonalities of this late-romantic music.

Specially-commissioned conceptual album presentation, visuals and tools – all designed to appeal to a broad “discovery” audience. Epic, evocative and virtuosic, Richard Strauss’s beloved tone poem, Also sprach Zarathustra, was inspired by Nietzsche’s poem, and immortalised in Kubrick’s science-fiction cinema classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel are concert-hall favourites: ebullient, optimistic and filled with Straussian melodic and harmonic invention.

Gustavo Dudamel earned a “Best Orchestral Recording” Grammy® in 2012 for his recording of Brahms Symphony No. 4 with the LA Philharmonic and was named Musical America’s “Musician of the Year” for 2013.



Tracklist:
01. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30, TrV 176-Prelude (Sonnenaufgang) (Live)
02. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30-Von den Hinterweltlern (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2012)
03. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30-Von der großen Sehnsucht (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2012)
04. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30-Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2012)
05. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30-Das Grablied (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2012)
06. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30-Von der Wissenschaft (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2012)
07. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30-Der Genesende (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2012)
08. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30-Das Tanzlied (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2012)
09. R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30-Das Nachtwandlerlied (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2012)
10. R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche), Op. 28 (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2013)
11. R. Strauss: Don Juan, Op.20 (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2013)
12. Barber: Adagio For Strings, Op.11-Adagio For Strings, Op.11 No.2 (Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2013)

Personnel:
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)