Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

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Written between 1911 and 1915, the Alpine Symphony was Strauss's last tone poem. Originally inspired by his participation in a real mountaineering expedition in his youth, during which the party lost its way on the ascent and was overtaken by a thunderstorm on the descent, it is perhaps the ultimate example of musical tone-painting.

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Composer(s): Strauss, Richard
Conductor(s): Wit, Antoni
Orchestra(s): Weimar Staatskapelle

Tracks

1. Nacht (Night) - 00:03:58
2. Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise) - 00:01:28
3. Der Anstieg (The Ascent) - 00:02:17
4. Eintritt in den Wald (Entry into the Wood) - 00:06:08
5. Wanderung neben dem Bache (Wandering by the Stream) - 00:00:48
6. Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall) - 00:00:15
7. Erscheinung (Apparition) - 00:00:46
8. Auf blumigen Wiesen (On Flowering Meadows) - 00:00:56
9. Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture) - 00:02:37
10. Durch Dickicht und Gestrupp auf Irrwegen (Straying through Thicket and Undergrowth) - 00:01:31
11. Auf dem Gletscher (On the Glacier) - 00:01:04
12. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (Dangerous Moments) - 00:01:29
13. Auf dem Gipfel (On the Summit) - 00:05:19
14. Vision - 00:03:58
15. Nebel steigen auf (Mists rise) - 00:00:20
16. Die Sonne verdustert sich allmahlich (The Sun gradually darkens) - 00:00:56
17. Elegie - 00:02:12
18. Stille vor der Sturm (Calm before the Storm) - 00:03:07
19. Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg (Thunder and Storm, Descent) - 00:03:54
20. Sonnenuntergang (Sunset) - 00:02:15
21. Ausklang (Final Sounds) - 00:06:35
22. Nacht (Night) 00:02:19

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Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

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