Also sprach Zarathustra / Ein Heldenleben

Album by Richard Strauss & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

Also sprach Zarathustra / Ein Heldenleben is an album of orchestral tone poems by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and 1898 respectively. Both works exemplify Strauss's late-Romantic orchestral language, featuring expansive orchestration, vivid tone-colour, complex chromatic harmony and programme-driven structures that reflect his development as a leading symphonic poet at the fin de siècle.
First released: 9th March 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Sunrise
    1:34
  2. 2.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Of the People of the Unseen World
    3:10
  3. 3.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Of the Great Longing
    1:44
  4. 4.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Of Joys and Passions
    1:50
  5. 5.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Dirge
    2:15
  6. 6.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Of Science
    4:00
  7. 7.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: The Convalescent
    5:00
  8. 8.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Dance Song and Night Song
    7:36
  9. 9.
    Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Night Wanderer’s Song
    4:48
  10. 10.
    Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: The Hero
    4:18
  11. 11.
    Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: The Hero’s Adversaries
    3:04
  12. 12.
    Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: The Hero’s Companion
    11:57
  13. 13.
    Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: The Hero’s Battlefield
    8:45
  14. 14.
    Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: The Hero’s Works of Peace
    4:39
  15. 15.
    Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: The Hero’s Retreat From the World and Fulfillment
    10:54

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