Strauss, Richard: Four Last Songs - Laws of Solitude (Asmik Grigorian) (Vinyl / LP)
Produktnr. | ALPHA1052 |
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Forlag | Alpha Classics |
Komponist | Strauss, Richard |
Genre | Klassisk |
Udgivelsesår | 2024 |
Singer Asmik Grigorian has chosen to record both versions of Richard Strauss's ultimate masterpiece, composed in 1948: the version with orchestra and the much rarer version with piano. For her, this work is associated with the idea of solitude, but not an unhappy solitude, rather a journey towards infinity:
"Now all my senses long to sink into slumber. And the soul, unguarded, longs to soar up in freedom, so that, in night’s magic circle, it may live deeply and a thousandfold." writes Hermann Hesse in Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep), the third song in the cycle.
For this unique coupling, Asmik is joined by two long-time accomplices: conductor Mikko Franck, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and pianist Markus Hinterhauser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival.
The combination of the two versions opens up new sensations: after the well-known abundance of Strauss's orchestration an incredible sensitivity is revealed by the piano version.
Side A
1 Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Orchestral version): I. Frühling
2 Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Orchestral version): II. September
3 Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Orchestral version): III. Beim Schlafengehen
4 Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Orchestral version): IV. Im Abendrot
Side B
5 Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Piano version): I. Frühling
6 Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Piano version): II. September
7 Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Piano version): III. Beim Schlafengehen
8 Four Last Songs, TrV 296 (Piano version): IV. Im Abendrot