In his Alpine Symphony Strauss recounts an attempt to conquer the summit of an Alpine mountain. He infuses the score with numerous instrumental colours and rich combinations of sounds, evoking the images and events that take place on the trek. It was to be one of his final large-scale orchestral works and shows the last great German Romantic composer at the pinnacle of his art.
Composer Strauss Conductor Bernard Haitink
Performers London Symphony Orchestra
Eine Alpensinfonie
1. I. Nacht - Sonnenaufgang
2. II. Der Anstieg - Eintritt in den Wald
3. III. Wanderung neben dem Bache - Am Wasserfall - Erscheinung - Auf blumigen Wiesen
4. IV. Auf der Alm - Durch Dickicht und Gestruepp auf Irrwegen
5. V. Auf dem Gletscher - Gefahrvolle Augenblicke
6. VI. Auf dem Gipfel
7. VII. Vision - Nebel steigen auf - Die Sonne verduestert sich allmaehlich - Elegie
8. VIII. Stille cor den Sturm - Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg - Sonnenuntergang
9. IX. Ausklang
10. X. Nacht
Release date 1 February 2010
LSO0689 | 822231168928
Producer James Mallinson Engineers Classic Sound Ltd Recorded June 2008, Barbican, London
DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording
Notes in English / en français / auf Deutsch
FLAC - 24bit 96kHz - Compatible with Windows and
Android devices MP3 - 320kbps - Universal compatibility SACD - Compatible with all CD players
Available on streaming services
Reviews
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CD Review’s CD of the Week ‘Even among some of the finest and classic recordings this new one has something special about it ... Haitink and the LSO offer us a reading that unfolds with an almost effortless logic … a fine recording.’
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Editor's Choice and Disc of the Month 'Another of those superb LSO Live recordings... no one has quite Haitink’s sense of the piece as a rational symphonic argument [and his] admirers should not hesitate to acquire an archetypal example of Haitink’s unobtrusive podium manner.’
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'Mastery is the word. This depiction of a mountain climb achieves the peak of orchestral expertise ... it has immense grandeur.'
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