Vienna Philharmonic play Strauss

'Karajan in his element and in his stride'

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4

Published: June 8, 2016 at 1:58 pm

COMPOSERS: Strauss
LABELS: Orfeo
ALBUM TITLE: Strauss
WORKS: Don Quixote; Also sprach Zarathustra
PERFORMER: Rudolf Streng (viola), Pierre Fournier (cello); Vienna Philharmonic/Karajan
CATALOGUE NO: C 909 151 B (1964)

This is Karajan in his element and in his stride, and Richard Strauss too, for those who enjoy the bombast of Zarathustra and the brilliant onomatopoeic strivings and death of Don Quixote.

Michael Tanner

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