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Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (Ondine)
Good but hardly essential accounts of music for which we already have so many great recordings [RMo]
Strauss: Don Juan, Ein Heldenleben (OUR Recordings)
An impressive brace of Strauss tone poems of interesting provenance [RMo]
Strauss R: Elektra (Solo Musica)
Listeners seeking a completely unabridged Elektra may want to give this haphazard ‘karaoke version’ a miss [SSc]
Cheryl Barker: Great Operatic Arias (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Chandos can be proud with this latest addition to their Opera in English series [GF]
Strauss: Salome (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Real emotional and sonic surge [DH]
Bloch: Schelomo; Strauss: Don Quixote (Pristine Audio)
(Déjà Review) A deserved classic [JW]
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Pristine Audio)
Once again, Pristine breathes new life into an imperishable classic of the gramophone [RMo]
Rosa Ponselle: Songs and Arias (Naxos Great Singers)
(Déjà Review) We must be grateful for the opportunity to hear this great soprano [ABo]
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (Signum Classics)
A grand, more leisurely and reflective Ein Heldenleben which is wholly successful on its own terms [RMo]
Strauss: Salome (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) I’ll be coming back to this again and again [ST]
Strauss: Elektra (Capriccio)
(Déjà Review) Varnay and Fischer are superb, alas in compromised sound [DH]
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Metamorphosen (Decca)
If you like your Richard Strauss vigorous and in full technicolour sound, then you will want to hear this performance [TP]
Brahms/Strauss/Bax: The Beecham Collection (SOMM Recordings)
(Déjà Review) Another hard-to-resist entrant for the Beecham collector [JW]
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor) Live Vol. 4 (Doremi)
Klaus Tennstedt in repertoire he did not record commercially, in variable sound [LD]
R Strauss: Arabella (Naxos)
An excellent film of a good production and performance [RWe]
Zwischen Himmel und Erde (Hänssler Classic)
A compelling lieder recital, cutting edge, joyful and poignant [DHa]
Strauss: Salome (Chandos)
A superb new recording of Strauss’s disturbing masterpiece [SB]
Strauss: Salome (Chandos)
A thoroughly disappointing recording, poorly sung, indifferently conducted and afflicted by problems in the recorded balance [RMo]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: A Centenary Tribute (SOMM Ariadne)
A fascinating set of rare live Fischer Dieskau performances and a chance to hear him reminisce [DHa]
The less-well-known operas of Richard Strauss
by Ralph Moore
Strauss: Don Juan, Ein Heldenleben (Gramola)
On the evidence of flabby playing and murky sound, the conductor should stick to Bruckner [RMo]
R Strauss: Arabella (Naxos)
A disappointing version of a disappointing work [SB]
R Strauss: Music for Piano Quartet (MDG)
(Déjà Review) A marvellously performed release that will surely win these Strauss chamber scores many admirers [MC]
Salome – that shocking opera
by Len Mullenger
