℗ 2018 PENTATONE
Released | September 7, 2018 |
Duration | 1h 04m 44s |
Record Label | PENTATONE |
Catalogue No. | PTC5186617 |
Genre | Classical (Orchestral) |
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - Burleske
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht, Denis Kozhukhin
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC and 2.8224 MHz DSD high resolution audio formats
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Burleske in D Minor, TrV 145
Richard Strauss; Denis Kozhukhin; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Albrecht |
20:02 | |||
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, TrV 190
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No. 1, Der Held
Richard Strauss; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Albrecht |
4:07 | |||
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No. 2, Des Helden Widersacher
Richard Strauss; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Albrecht |
3:14 | |||
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No. 3, Des Helden Gefährtin
Richard Strauss; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Albrecht |
12:35 | |||
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No. 4, Des Helden Walstatt
Richard Strauss; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Albrecht |
6:49 | |||
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No. 5, Des Helden Friedenswerke
Richard Strauss; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Albrecht |
6:08 | |||
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No. 6, Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung
Richard Strauss; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Albrecht |
11:49 | |||
Digital Booklet
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While starting his career adhering to Brahms’ “absolute” or “formalist” compositional approach, Richard Strauss rapidly turned into a staunch supporter of Wagner’s Zukunftsmusik, writing a series of iconoclast symphonic poems full of metaphysical allusions. This album features both sides of Strauss’s musical persona with the Burleske in D minor as well as Ein Heldenleben. While the former is a playful, miniature quasi concerto for piano and orchestra, the latter epitomises Strauss’s symphonic style: majestic, virtuosically orchestrated, full of grand ideas, but never without irony. In that respect, Ein Heldenleben has more in common with Burleske than one would expect. Strauss’ arguably satirical self-identification with the hero of his symphonic poem is underlined by recurrent self-quotations from previous compositions.
The central role of the solo violin makes it another solo concerto in disguise, albeit less overtly than Burleske.
These two remarkable pieces are performed by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and their chief conductor Marc Albrecht, with Denis Kozhukhin delivering the solo piano part in Burleske. All have an impressive track record at PENTATONE. Albrecht and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra have released acclaimed albums such as Mahler Song Cycles with Alice Coote (2017) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Elizabeth Watts (2015). Kozhukhin has recorded piano concertos by Ravel and Gershwin (2018) as well as Tchaikovsky and Grieg (2016), and has been extensively praised for his Brahms Ballads & Fantasies solo album (2017).
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM and 2.8224 MHz DSD – PENTATONE Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.66 -5.30 to -0.19 | -23.45 -28.06 to -17.76 | -19.64 -23.40 to -14.60 | 13 11 to 15 | |
1 | Burleske in D Minor, TrV 145 | -0.20 | -23.17 | -19.4 | 15 |
2 | No. 1, Der Held | -0.20 | -19.81 | -16.7 | 12 |
3 | No. 2, Des Helden Widersacher | -5.30 | -25.89 | -23.1 | 12 |
4 | No. 3, Des Helden Gefährtin | -3.92 | -28.06 | -23.4 | 14 |
5 | No. 4, Des Helden Walstatt | -0.19 | -17.76 | -14.6 | 11 |
6 | No. 5, Des Helden Friedenswerke | -1.38 | -23.87 | -19.7 | 13 |
7 | No. 6, Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung | -0.42 | -25.58 | -20.6 | 14 |