Richard Strauss [1864 – 1949]
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.
Nach alter Schelmenweise in Rondoform, Opus 28

Vier letzte Lieder
auf Texte von Hermann Hesse und Joseph von Eichendorff
Frühling
September
Beim Schlafengehen
Im Abendrot

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Also sprach Zarathustra.
Tondichtung frei nach Nietzsche, Opus 30

With his symphonic poems such as "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche", "Ein Heldenleben" and "Also sprach Zarathustra", Richard Strauss became the most internationally acclaimed young German composer around 1900. Hotly disputed due to the drastic nature of his musical language, these works made Strauss the epitome of the "young savage", who did not shy away from musical shock value for the sake of effect. With the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lorenzo Viotti, chief conductor of the Amsterdam Opera and one of the most celebrated conductors of his generation, shows that the fascination of the symphonic composer Richard Strauss is still unbroken today.