Alpine Symphony
Album by Richard Strauss & Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester & Franz Welser‐Möst
Alpine Symphony is a symphonic poem by German composer Richard Strauss, completed and premiered in 1915. The work is an expansive orchestral tone poem depicting an alpine ascent and descent through rich orchestration, a very large orchestra and late-Romantic harmonic language, and it stands among Strauss's late large-scale programme works that bridge late Romanticism and evolving modern orchestral techniques.
First released: 14th February 2006
Tracklist
- 1.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: I. Night3:16
- 2.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: II. Sunrise1:08
- 3.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: III. The Ascent2:19
- 4.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: IV. Entering the Forest4:42
- 5.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: V. Strolling by the Stream0:41
- 6.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: VI. By the Waterfall0:14
- 7.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: VII. Apparition0:43
- 8.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: VIII. In Flowery Meadows0:52
- 9.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: IX. In a Mountain Pasture2:01
- 10.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: X. Lost in the Thickets and Undergrowth1:24
- 11.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XI. On the Glacier0:56
- 12.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XII. Dangerous Moments1:22
- 13.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XIII. On the Summit3:28
- 14.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XIV. Vision2:44
- 15.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XV. Mists Rise Up0:17
- 16.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XVI. The Sun Grows Dark0:45
- 17.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XVII. Elegy1:44
- 18.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XVIII. Quiet Before the Storm2:31
- 19.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XIX. Thunderstorm3:36
- 20.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XX. Sunset2:09
- 21.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XXI. Conclusion5:42
- 22.An Alpine Symphony, op. 64: XXII. Finale. Night2:08