Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
Album by Richard Strauss & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Erich Leinsdorf
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 is a tone poem by German composer Richard Strauss, composed in 1898. The work exemplifies late-Romantic orchestration with expansive, dramatic themes, virtuosic orchestral writing and programme-style passages portraying a hero's life, marking a mature phase in Strauss's output as he consolidated his reputation for large-scale orchestral tone poems that helped shape early 20th-century orchestral repertoire.
First released: 2007
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- 1.The Hero3:52
- 2.The Hero's Adversaries2:54
- 3.The Hero's Companion13:53
- 4.The Hero's Battlefield6:42
- 5.The Hero's Works of Peace7:35
- 6.The Hero's Retreat from the World and Fulfillment6:34
