Four Last Songs

~ Release by Richard Strauss (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Four Last Songs Av150: Frühling
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: I. „Frühling“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 1. “Spring”)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-07-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
3:29
2Four Last Songs Av150: September
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: II. „September“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 2. “September”)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-09-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
4:39
3Four Last Songs Av150: Beim Schlafengehen
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: III. „Beim Schlafengehen“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 3. “When You Go to Sleep”)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-08-04)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
4:48
4Four Last Songs Av150: Im Abendrot
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: IV. „Im Abendrot“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 4. “In the Afterglow”)
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-05-06)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
6:56
5Oboe Concerto Av144
oboe:
John Anderson (classical oboist)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Oboe Concerto in D major, TrV 292, AV 144
premiered in:
Zurich (Zürich), Zürich (Canton of Zürich), Switzerland (on 1946-02-26)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1945)
part of:
Thematisches Verzeichnis (Richard Strauss AV) (number: AV 144) and Werkverzeichnis (Richard Strauss TrV) (number: TrV 292)
24:44
6Cäcilie, op. 27 no. 2
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Cäcilie, op. 27 no. 2
lyricist:
Heinrich Hart
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
2:26
7Befreit, op. 39 no. 4
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
Richard Dehmel
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1897 until 1898)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1933)
arrangement of:
Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
5:41
8Muttertändelei, op. 39 no. 4
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Muttertändelei, op. 43 no. 2 (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
Gottfried August Bürger
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1899)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1900)
arrangement of:
Muttertändelei, op. 43 no. 2 (for voice and piano)
2:30
9Frühlingsfeier, op. 56 no. 5
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Frühlingsfeier, op. 56 no. 5
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
part of:
6 Lieder for voice and piano (op. 56; TrV 220)
3:48
10Die Heiligen Drei Könige, op. 56 no 6
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland, op. 56 no. 6 (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine (German poet)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
orchestration of:
Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland, op. 56 no. 6 (for voice and piano)
5:57

Credits

Release

mastering:John Hunt, BBC Radiophonic Workshop (BBC Radiophonic Workshop engineer)
part of:The BBC Classic Collection (use this release series) (number: 5018) (order: 7)