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Richard Strauss: Don Quixote • Romanze • Till Eulenspiegel - Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Schiff, Halmann

Posted By: Jannem
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote • Romanze • Till Eulenspiegel - Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Schiff, Halmann

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote* • Romanze** • Till Eulenspiegel - Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Heinrich Schiff (cello)* **, Dietmar Hallmann (viola) *

XLD | FLAC (tracks) | No Log/cue-sheet | frontcover embedded, seperate High-def JPEG | ~289 Mb
Classical | DDD | Philips Digital Classics 426 262-2


Don Quixote, op. 35, is a composition for cello, viola and large orchestra. Subtitled "Phantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters" ("Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character"), the work is based on the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Strauss composed this work in Munich in 1897. The premiere took place in Cologne on 8 March 1898, with Friedrich Grützmacher as the cello soloist and Franz Wüllner as the conductor. The score is of 758 measures duration and is written in Sinfonia concertante form, with the solo cello representing Don Quixote, and the solo viola and tenor tuba depicting the comic Sancho Panza. The second variation depicts an episode where Don Quixote encounters a herd of sheep and perceives them as an approaching army. Strauss uses dissonant fluttertonguing in the brass to emulate the bleating of the sheep, an early instance of this extended technique. Strauss later quoted this passage in his music for Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, at the moment a servant announces the dish of "leg of mutton in the Italian style".

The Romanze in F major for cello and orchestra (or piano) was composed in 1883.

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (German: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, 1894-95), Op. 28, is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, chronicling the misadventures and pranks of the German peasant folk hero, Till Eulenspiegel. The two themes representing Till are played respectively by the horn and the clarinet. The horn theme is a lilting melody that reaches a peak, falls downward, and ends in three long, loud notes, each progressively lower. The clarinet theme is crafty and wheedling, suggesting a trickster doing what he does best.

This particular recording of Don Quixote was re-released in special box-set (Philips 470 250-2) in celebration Heinrich Schiff's 50th birthday, paired with the Schumann Cello Concerto. This post contains the original release from 1991 together with the Romanze in F and Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche.

Tracklist:
1. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Introduktion (mäßiges Zeitmaß)
2. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Don Quixote, der Ritter von der traurigen Gestalt
3. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Sancho Panza
4. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 1 (Gemächlich)
5. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 2 (Kriegerisch)
6. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 3 (Mäßiges Zeitmaß )
7. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 4 (Etwas breiter)
8. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 5 (Sehr langsam)
9. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 6 (Schnell)
10. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 7 (Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher)
11. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 8 (Gemächlich)
12. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 9 (schnell und stürmisch)
13. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Variation 10 (Viel breiter)
14. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Finale (Sehr ruhig)
15. Strauss: Romanze F-dur für Violoncello und Orchester
16. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28



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