Heroism plays a central role in Strauss's music: his view of the concept is closely entwined with Romanticism and draws heavily on his literary antecedents, notably Goethe and Schiller. Today Donald Macleod examines some of the ways in which Strauss used and depicted heroism. Traum Durch die Dammerung (Op 29) Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Enoch Arden , Op 38 (excerpt) Claude Rains (speaker), Glenn Gould (piano) Ein Heldenleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner (R)