(1864-1949)
The Indian Summer
Presented by Michael Kennedy.
With Germany at war and his own position under the Nazi regime becoming increasingly precarious, the 78-year-old Strauss turned for solace to the founts of his inspiration: Mozart and Goethe, In the remaining seven years of his life he composed a number of instrumental and vocal works that count among his masterpieces.
Sextet (Capriccio)
Members of the Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Karl Bohm
Blick vom oberen Belvedere
Edita Gruberova (soprano) Friedrich Haider (piano) Horn Concerto No 2
Barry Tuckwell (horn) Royal Philharmonic/ Vladimir Ashkenazy Finale (Capriccio)
Gundula Janowitz (sop)
Karl Christian Kohn (bass) Bavarian RSO/Karl Böhm
Producer Edward Blakeman Discs