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Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben [Hybrid SACD]
from: RCA
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0828766138924
Format: Hybrid SACD
Label: RCA
Manufacturer: RCA
MPN: 61389
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA
Release Date: September 14, 2004
Studio: RCA
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Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Spectacular pairing
I won't say this is the best Also sprach Zarathustra I've heard (competition is 1974 Karajan, 1944 Strauss and 1935 Koussevitzky), but it is the one I enjoy listening to the most. It's disc-mate is an equally impressive Hero's Life, rivaled only by Beecham (EMI) and Mengelberg (Dutton). When you have two first rate recordings on one disc in wonderful sound, it really makes no sense not to own it.
Rating: - Reiner's Also Sprach Zarathustra and Ein Heldenleben
Several of the reviewers have chosen to compare the Reiner performances of Also Sprach Zarathustra and Ein Heldenleben with those of other conductors, most notably Von Karajan. In those reviews, Von Karajan's longer musical line and perceived musical emotionality are extolled as virtues lacking in the Reiner/CSO performances.
Of course, music performance preference is a matter of taste, at least to some extent. In this instance, however, there are other facts that speak to the "rightness" ... Read More
Rating: - Reiner, The Chicago, and the Rest of the World in Richard Strauss
In response to the one reviewer, Mr. Stenroos, who doesn't hear what everyone else does and much prefers Karajan in this music I thought an overview of this Reiner versus Karajan business might be enlightening.
To begin with the sound quality of the recordings, an important matter in this case. Differences in performance were accentuated (exaggerated might not be too strong a word) by the very different recording philosophies of the American RCA and German DG sound engineers.
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Rating:  - When Musicans were Musicians alas gone forever
Wonderfull zara,Musicanship beyond reproach.HSACD Analogue off the charts.Now my Gripe Heldenleben,along with Tod Und Verklarung Strauss's Greatest Orch Works,The Damn Trumpets and high Strings are blasting out too much.They Obscure all of the woderful canonic and Countrapuntal weaving of RS's themes(in this leitmotif heavy work)going on with the Horns,WW's and low strings,espically in the Hero's Battlefield(RS's greatest Orch acheivement).Kempe blends and balances this whole double coda section so marvelously ... Read More
Rating: - Great music!
Downloaded to my pc. Then ripped some
tunes for my MP3, which I use in the
gym. Good way to exercise listening
to good music. Quality is great!
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