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R Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, Don Juan | Sony 88985391762

R Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, Don Juan

Label: Sony

Cat No: 88985391762

Barcode: 0889853917624

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 27th January 2017

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Contents

Artists

NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo

Conductor

Paavo Jarvi

Works

Strauss, Richard

Don Juan, op.20
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op.40

Artists

NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo

Conductor

Paavo Jarvi

About

This is the first recording of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, and its current chief conductor, Paavo Järvi. It features two of the most popular tone poems by Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben and Don Juan, recorded live in Suntory Hall, Tokyo, which is one of the most renowned concert halls all over the world, with optimum DCD technology. Celebrating its 90th season, the NHK SO has the longest history among Japanese orchestras, with a rich and long tradition of performing the music of Richard Strauss under such illustrious conductors as Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Othmar Suitner, Lovro von Matacic, Horst Stein, Charles Dutoit and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Reviews

This is [the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Järvi's] first recording together, and everything you need to know is here in the first few minutes of Strauss's 1888 tone poem Don Juan: a George Szell-like cut and thrust in the opening swagger, a gorgeous dissolve in a mist of harp-spangled cushioning for the first love-scene; the NHK Symphony Orchestra does both bright sunlight and chiaroscuro to perfection. ... This is exactly the sort of Hero's Life I want to hear, moving with the long-line electricity that's only possible in a live recording (or a single studio take). ... Leader Fuminori Maro Shinozaki gives us absolutely the most subtle, exquisitely intoned portrayal of 'the Hero's Companion' I've ever heard.  David Nice (Recording of the Month)
BBC Music Magazine May 2017

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