RCO Live: RCO08006
R Strauss - Don Juan, Eine Alpensinfonie 
R Strauss: Don Juan Op.20
R Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie Op.64
Our Price: £10.75 (£9.35 ex VAT)
Format: SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Artist(s): Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor(s): Mariss Jansons
Release Date: 28th September 2008
More Details on R Strauss - Don Juan, Eine Alpensinfonie
After the successful release of Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben in 2004, Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again present two familiar symphonic poems by Richard Strauss, who had close ties with the then fledgling Concertgebouw Orchestra.
This CD brings together live performances of Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie which were recorded during the 2007-8 season and which met with great acclaim both in and outside the Netherlands. Although Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie were not dedicated to Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra as Ein Heldenleben was, both works sound here as if they were written for the Amsterdam-based orchestra.
Recorded Live at Concertgebouw 19, 20, 21 & 23 September 2007 (Alpensinfonie); 18, 21 October 2007, 16, 17 January 2008 (Don Juan).
Concert Review:
"A rich, dramatic Don Juan, built on bitter-sweet woodwind timbres, magnificently bright brasses and uncommonly velvety strings." - [Don Juan] The New York Times
This CD brings together live performances of Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie which were recorded during the 2007-8 season and which met with great acclaim both in and outside the Netherlands. Although Don Juan and Eine Alpensinfonie were not dedicated to Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra as Ein Heldenleben was, both works sound here as if they were written for the Amsterdam-based orchestra.
Recorded Live at Concertgebouw 19, 20, 21 & 23 September 2007 (Alpensinfonie); 18, 21 October 2007, 16, 17 January 2008 (Don Juan).
Concert Review:
"A rich, dramatic Don Juan, built on bitter-sweet woodwind timbres, magnificently bright brasses and uncommonly velvety strings." - [Don Juan] The New York Times
