Richard Strauss
1864 – 1949
Richard Strauss was the last great Romantic. His tone poems paint vivid pictures in orchestral color. His operas combine German depth with Viennese sophistication. Sumptuous, sensual, and supremely skilled.
Essential Listening
Also sprach Zarathustra - Opening
Sunrise over the cosmos. Made iconic by 2001: A Space Odyssey — the ultimate musical dawn.
Four Last Songs - Im Abendrot
In the glow of evening. An 84-year-old's farewell to life — serene acceptance of death's approach.
Der Rosenkavalier - Final Trio
Three women's voices intertwine in bittersweet farewell. Love, loss, and resignation in Viennese waltz time.
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