TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Classical
Don Quixote is the last but one in the series of tone poems that Strauss wrote during the 1880's and '90's. It was composed in 1897, a year after Also Sprach Zarathustra and a year before Ein Heldenleben. the work is scored for large orchestra, including six horns and a tenor tuba; the list of percussion instruments includes a wind machine. The overall form consists of an Introduction, a Theme followed by Ten Variations and a Finale.
Musicians:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe, conductor
Selections:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Don Quixote, Op.35
(Fantastic Variations on a Knightly Theme)
Till Eulenspiegel lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Don Quixote is the last but one in the series of tone poems that Strauss wrote during the 1880's and '90's. It was composed in 1897, a year after Also Sprach Zarathustra and a year before Ein Heldenleben. the work is scored for large orchestra, including six horns and a tenor tuba; the list of percussion instruments includes a wind machine. The overall form consists of an Introduction, a Theme followed by Ten Variations and a Finale.
Musicians:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe, conductor
Selections:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Don Quixote, Op.35
(Fantastic Variations on a Knightly Theme)
Till Eulenspiegel lustige Streiche, Op. 28
