Release date: 8 May, 2026

MIXED AND MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL DECCA STEREO MASTER TAPES

Few orchestral pieces demand precision engineering as much as Richard Strauss’s ‘An Alpine Symphony’. The Decca recording by Sir Georg Solti and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra was made in 1979, one of the last Decca analogue productions before the switch to digital. Solti knew Strauss personally and studied the composer’s own recording before taping this uniquely authentic performance in Munich.

Recorded by Decca at the Herkulessaal, Munich, in September 1979, the original ¼-inch, two-track stereo tapes have been mastered by Rainer Maillard and cut by Sidney C. Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Nacht (Night)
2. Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise)
3. Der Anstieg (The Ascent)
4. Eintritt in den Wald (Entry into the Forest)
5. Wanderung neben dem Bache (Wandering by the Brook)
6. Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall)
7. Erscheinung (Apparition)
8. Auf blumigen Wiesen (On Flowering Meadows)
9. Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture)
10. Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (Through Thickets and Undergrowth on the Wrong Path)
11. Auf dem Geltscher (On the Glacier)

Side B
1. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (Dangerous Moments)
2. Auf Dem Gipfel (On the Summit)
3. Vision (Vision)
4. Nebel steigen auf (Mists Rise)
5. Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich (The Sun Gradually Becomes Obscured)
6. Elegie (Elegy)
7. Stille vor dem Sturm (Calm Before the Storm)
8. Gewitter Und Sturm, Abstieg (Thunderstorm and Tempest, Descent)
9. Sonnenuntergang (Sunset)
10. Ausklang (Quiet Settles / Epilogue)
11. Nacht (Night)