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Recorded Sound, Richard [1] Strauss, Mariss Jansons
Strauss: Don Juan; Eine Alpensinfonie [Hybrid SACD]
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Don Juan, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 20 (TrV 156)
2. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Nacht
3. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Sonnenaufgang
4. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Der Anstieg
5. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Eintritt in den Wald
6. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Wanderung neben dem Bache
7. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Am Wasserfall
8. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Erscheinug
9. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Auf blumige Wiesen
10. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Auf der Alm
11. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen
12. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Auf dem Gletscher
13. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Gefahrvolle Augenblicke
14. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Auf dem Gipfel
15. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Vision
16. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Nebel steigen auf
17. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Due Sinne verdüstert sich allmählich
18. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Elegie
19. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Stille vor dem Sturm
20. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg
21. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Sonnenuntergang
22. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Ausklang
23. Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) for orchestra, Op. 64 (TrV 233): Nacht
24. Applause

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CD Details

All Artists: Recorded Sound, Richard [1] Strauss, Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Title: Strauss: Don Juan; Eine Alpensinfonie [Hybrid SACD]
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rco Live Holland
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 10/14/2008
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5425008376332

CD Reviews

Stunning playing and sonics carry the day

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 10/15/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Now that the Alpine Sym. has come into its own and one can forget the decades when it was derided as the brontosaurus among Strauss's tone poems, we have a wealth of choice. No work shows off an orchestra's virtuosity as thrillingly -- not even Ein Heldenleben - and so it comes as no surprise that Europe's powerhouse orchestras have dominated the field, particularly Karajan's Berlin account from the early digital era. Now Jansons, with the advantage of spectacularly lifelife sonics, gives the old master a run for his money.

I have only heard the two-channel stereo version, but there's no hesitation in saying that the Royal Concertgebouw's house label must boast some of the best engineers in the world. Every detail in the playing is vibrantly alive. As intrpreations, both the Don Juan and Alpine Sym. are a trifle soft-grained, lacking Karajan's total command, but overall this is Jansons' most energetic recording in a while. I am not a worshipper at the altar by any means, but he rises to his best here.

On musical merits, I'd place this CD below Blomstedt on Decca, Welser-Most on EMI, and Karajan -- all are more viscerally exciting -- and I won't throw away the gorgeous Vienna Phil. account on Telarc under Previn, but Jansons joins that august company once you include the stunning sonics."