Lovers of Richard Strauss’ music have long considered the Jerusalem disc of orchestral songs a ‘must-have’ in their collection. They are sheerly glorious – as is the ‘heldentenor’ of Siegfried Jerusalem. They are now reissued with Haitink’s searing account of ‘Death and Transfiguration’.
RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Songs:
Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3
Traum durch die Dammerung, Op. 29 No. 1
Liebeshymnus, Op. 32 No. 3
Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1
Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 No. 1
Verfuhrung, Op. 33 No. 1
Standchen, Op. 17 No. 2
Morgen!, Op. 27 No. 4
Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1
Ich trage meine Minne, Op. 32 No. 1
Das Rosenband, Op. 36 No. 1
Des Dichters Abendgang, Op. 47 No. 2
Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Tod und Verklärung (Death & Transfiguration), Op. 24
Royal Concergebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
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