Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs And Twelve Other Songs With Orchestra

Talking about Richard Strauss, if you want to know more about him and all his operas, you can't miss the marvelous work made by Dr. Edgardo Beck, a friend of the blog, who for the first time ever, in one work, compiled and analysed all his 16 operas in such aspects as biography, historical context, creation process, artistic files, characters, synopsis, etc. It is written in Spanish. Find this work here.

Tracks

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Four Last Songs, Op. Posth.
01 - Frühling (Hesse)
02 - September (Hesse)
03 - Beim Schlafengehen (Hesse)
04 - Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)

05 - Muttertändelei, Op. 43 - No. 2 (Bürger)
06 - Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 - No. 1 (Dehmel)
07 - Zueignung, Op. 10 - No. 1 (Von Gilm)
08 - Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 - No. 1 (Bierbaum)
09 - Die Heiligen Drei Könige, Op. 56 - No. 6 (Heine)
10 - Ruhe, Meine Seele, Op. 27 - No. 1 (Henckell)
11 - Meinem Kinde, Op. 37 - No. 3 (Falke)
12 - Wiegenlied, Op. 41 - No. 1 (Dehmel)
13 - Morgen, Op. 27 - No. 4 (Mackay)
14 - Das Bächlein, Op. 88 - No. 1 (Goethe?)
15 - Das Rosenband, Op. 36 - No. 1 (Klopstock)
16 - Winterweihe, Op. 48 - No. 4 (Henckell)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Soprano

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin (Tracks 1-9)
London Symphony Orchestra (Tracks 10-16)
George Szell

Recording Dates
Tracks 1-9 - 1966
Tracks 10-16 - 1969

Enjoy The Concert
Part 1
Part 2