Eine Alpensinfonie : Kuhn / Tirol Festival Orchestra

R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Orchestra of the Tyrolean Festival Erl
Gustav Kuhn, conductor

Live Recorded: 07/2010

An Alpine Symphony is like a movie soundtrack that needs no visual accompaniment. We, the listeners, create our own images to illustrate the tale of the conquest of a mountain. The view down into the valley is a suitable allegory for the contemplation of a musical world from which society was gradually beginning to drift away by the early 20th century: Richard Strauss requires a huge orchestral apparatus (more than 100 musicians) and is not afraid to use grand gestures. He takes on the part of a translator of the traditional and the avant-garde. The Orchestra of the Tyrolean Festival Erl and Gustav Kuhn have adopted a similar role. The way this music still moves us today is simply fascinating. ( col legno )