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The question of how many tone poems Richard Strauss wrote depends on whether one includes the early Aus Italien in this category. The count with Aus Italien makes Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) the sixth of his nine tone poems. This CD presents Strauss's two great works in this genre--Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, and Don Quixote, Op. 35. A word on what is meant by the term "tone poem." In music dictionaries, the entry under "tone poem" refers the reader to "symphonic poem," an obvious indication that, like so much in music and the arts, the lines are blurred. Franz Liszt, with his works like Tasso, Les Préludes, and Mazeppa, to name three, which he called "symphonic poems," refers to the fact that the music is programmatic, and its content and form are suggested in, or analogous to, a drama, poetry, painting, etc. |
| Disc No: GMCD 7204 | |
| Price: Sek. 157 | |
| Name: Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra | |
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| Composer | Opus | Name | Key | Performer |
| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | Op.30 | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Philharmonia Orchestra - Djomg Victorin Yu Don Quixote: James Kreger, cello Sancho Panza: Roger Benedict, viola | |
| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | Op.25 | Don Quixote |