Artist: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Title: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Intermezzo: Four Symphonic Interlude
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: ABC Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) 24bit - 48kHz
Total Time: 01:09:52
Total Size: 342 Mb

Tracklist:

1 Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, Op. 72: 1. Reisefieber und Walzerszene 09:23
2 Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, Op. 72: 2. Träumerei am Kamin 06:44
3 Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, Op. 72: 3. Am Spieltisch 03:37
4 Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, Op. 72: 4. Fröhlicher Beschluss 02:41
5 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: 1. Der Held 04:21
6 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: 2. Des Heldes Widersacher 03:21
7 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: 3. Des Helden Gefährtin 15:12
8 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: 4. Des Helden Walstatt 07:44
9 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: 5. Des Helden Friedenswerke 08:37
10 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: 6. Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung 08:12

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, under their Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, presents the second volume in their live series of Richard Strauss' orchestral works.

The inspiration for Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) - completed at the turn of the twentieth century - was one of the most groundbreaking works ever written: Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. Largely agreed to be autobiographical - despite Strauss' protestations to the contrary - it depicts various aspects of what Strauss called an 'ideal of great and manly heroism'. Musically, it was the most ambitious work Strauss had written to date, and features a large orchestra and virtuosic violin solo, played here by the MSO's concertmaster Dale Barltrop.

On this album, Ein Heldenleben is prefaced by the Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, Strauss' opera based around incidents in the life of himself and his wife.