R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Frank Shipway
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Orchestral Choice
The night opening is evocatively veiled, the mountain theme especially, and moves organically to its spiritual sunrise. Throughout there's a natural sense of pace between vigorous clambering...
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Frank Shipway
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Orchestral Choice
The night opening is evocatively veiled, the mountain theme especially, and moves organically to its spiritual sunrise. Throughout there's a natural sense of pace between vigorous clambering...
About
The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under Frank Shipway – an expert in late-Romantic Austro-German repertoire – here perform two vast and enormously colourful works by Richard Strauss.
The Alpine Symphony is a symphonic poem and is the last in a series of works that includes such masterpieces as Don Juan, Also sprach Zarathustra and Ein Heldenleben. The work is divided into 22 sections that flow in an unbroken sequence, marking the ascent and descent of the mountain, from before sunrise to after sunset. The work makes use of Strauss’ entire repertoire of orchestral pictorialism.
The opera Die Frau ohne Schatten, used an even more opulent orchestration than the Alpine. It wasn’t until 1946 that Strauss, in his 82nd year, returned to the score in order to make his Symphonic Fantasy, based on highlights from the opera.
Contents and tracklist
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Frank Shipway
- Recorded: February - March 2012
- Recording Venue: Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Frank Shipway
- Recorded: February - March 2012
- Recording Venue: Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineMarch 2013Orchestral Choice
March 2013
The night opening is evocatively veiled, the mountain theme especially, and moves organically to its spiritual sunrise. Throughout there's a natural sense of pace between vigorous clambering and spacious nature panoramas. Shipway moulds his strings to sit every situation...I'd be very happy to hear more Strauss from this remarkable team.
January 2013
A dramatic case of fire and ice if ever there was one...You might argue that nobility has to some extent been sacrificed to the brazenness of the playing but you cannot deny the fervour of what they bring. I don't know of a more exciting account on disc.
