An Alpine Symphony (Eine Alpensinfonie), Op. 64, is a tone poem for large orchestra written by German composer Richard Strauss which premiered in 1915. It is one of Strauss's largest non-operatic works; the score calls for about 125 players and a typical performance usually lasts around 50 minutes. [ 1 ]

Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie ∙ Nacht – Sonnenaufgang – Der Anstieg – Eintritt in den Wald – Wanderung neben dem Bache – Am Wasserfall – Erscheinung – ...

Misc. Notes David J. Miller's arrangement consists of On the Glacier, Perilous Moments, At the Summit (3 before rehearsal 68 to rehearsal 86 in the orchestral score). Purchase

An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64, symphonic poem by German composer Richard Strauss that musically re-creates a day’s mountain climb in the Bavarian Alps.It premiered on October 28, 1915. At the time he composed this piece, Strauss was living in the southern Bavarian town of Garmisch (now Garmisch-Partenkirchen), at the foot of Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.

"Eine Alpensinfonie" op. 64 von Richard Strauss spielte das WDR Sinfonieorchester unter der Leitung seines damaligen Chefdirigenten Semyon Bychkov im Dezembe...

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2024年5月20日 · Richard Strauss’ last tone poem, Eine Alpensinfonie, was completed in 1915 and is one of his most magnificent orchestral works – a formidable mountain climb for a colossal symphony orchestra, including an extensive percussion section consisting of both thunder and wind machines.

He set out to create a two-part work entitled: Der Antichrist: Eine Alpensinfonie, after having drawn inspiration from the philosophical writings of Friedrich Nietzsche’s 1888 essay Der Antichrist. Strauss wrote of his good friend’s passing saying, “Mahler, the Jew, could achieve elevation in Christianity…

The insouciance with which Richard Strauss depicted nature in his Alpensinfonie, seemingly conjuring up idyll and danger in a naïve one-to-one fashion, has frequently given rise to criticism. This music “flies, but close to the ground”, Adorno scoffed; it …

Here the BR Klassik label present two very different Strauss tone poems the Eine Alpensinfonie with its massive forces and Tod und Verklärung for large orchestra, played by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under its chief conductor Mariss Jansons, one of the most respected maestros on the international stage.