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Four last songs : Orchestral songs [compact disc]

Strauss, Richard, 1864-19492008
Music
Four Last Songs (German: Vier letzte Lieder), Op. posth., TrV 296, AV 150, for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss, composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are "Frühling" (Spring), "September", "Beim Schlafengehen" (When Falling Asleep) and "Im Abendrot" (At Sunset).
Imprint:
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, [1999].
Collation:
1 CD (65 min., 27 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm.
Series:
Eloquence
Notes:
The 1st-5th,7th-8th, and 10th-11th works originally with piano accompaniment; arranged for orchestra by the composer.Title from disc label.℗1998 (Schäfer); ℗1999 (Mattila).Duration: 65:27.Program notes in English ([8] pages) inserted in container.Recorded December 1997, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (Schäfer) and December 1998, Philhmarmonie, Berlin (Mattila).Sung in German.
Performers:
Christine Schäfer, soprano (1st-5th works) ; Karita Mattila, soprano (6th-15th works) ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor.
Contents:
Wiegenlied (4:29)Das Rosenband (3:23)Liebeshymnus (2:19)Das Bächlein (2:16)Morgen : 4 Lieder, op. 27, no. 4 (3:55)Gesang der Apollopriesterin : Vier Gesänge, op. 33, no. 2 (7:34)Freundliche Vision : Fünf Lieder, op. 48, no. 1 (2:52)Cäcilie : 4 Lieder, op. 27, no. 2 (2:12)Verführung : Vier Gesänge, op. 33, no. 1, (7:48)Frühlingsfeier : Sechs LIeder, op. 56, no. 5 (3:05)Waldseligkeit : Acht Lieder, op. 49, no. 1 (2:54)Vier letzte Lieder = Four last songs. Frühling (3:48) ; September (4:47) ; Beim Schlafengehen (5:31) ; Im Abendrot (8:24).
Language:
German
BRN:
58679
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