Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski – R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64, TrV 233 (2009) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski – R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64, TrV 233 (2009)
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Technically speaking, Eine Alpensinfonie (= An Alpine Symphony) is not a symphony. For after 1911, Richard Strauss rejected his original plan to write a four-movement symphony based on the theme of a Tragedy of an Artist, and instead sat down to write a one-movement symphonic poem. He concentrated on the part he had first designated as the opening movement of the symphony and in which he provided a programmatic description of “the Alps”. The first sketches were made in 1911; in 1913 the work existed in the form of a partichelo (= reduced score); and two years later, the full score was completed. Some scholars have interpreted the prolonged period of time spent by Strauss in the composition of the Alpine Symphony, with very little progress at times, as “an indication that he had exhausted his capacity to portray instrumental programme music” (Wagner). The work was lacking a “truly significant musical core thought”, which was apparent for instance from the enormously expanded length of the Alpensinfonie (not only is this Strauss’ last, but also his longest tone poem, with an average duration of about 60 minutes), as well as from its relinquishment of certain categories employed in other symphonic poems, such as humour, irony and persiflage.

Tracklist:
1. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Macbeth, Op. 23, TrV 163 (19:17)
2. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Nacht (Night) (03:29)
3. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise) (01:30)
4. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Der Anstieg (The Ascent) (02:26)
5. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Eintritt in den Wald (Entry into the Wood) (05:46)
6. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall) (00:15)
7. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Erscheinung (Apparition) (00:45)
8. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Auf blumigen Wiesen (On Flowering Meadows) (00:50)
9. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture) (02:03)
10. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Durch Dickicht und Gestrupp auf Irrwegen (Straying through Thicket and Undergrowth) (01:21)
11. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Auf dem Gletscher (On the Glacier) (01:03)
12. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (Dangerous Moments) (01:21)
13. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Auf dem Gipfel (On the Summit) (04:21)
14. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Vision (04:02)
15. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Nebel steigen auf (Mists rise) (00:22)
16. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Die Sonne verdustert sich allmahlich (The Sun gradually darkens) (00:53)
17. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Elegie (02:23)
18. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Stille vor der Sturm (Calm before the Storm) (02:48)
19. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg (Thunder and Storm, Descent) (03:23)
20. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Sonnenuntergang (Sunset) (02:22)
21. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Ausklang (Final Sounds) (06:16)
22. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233: Nacht (Night) (02:03)

Personnel:
Marek Janowski (conductor)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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