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In the second snapshot from the life of Richard Strauss, Donald Macleod finds himself in 1894, the year Strauss married the redoubtable Pauline.

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Tue 6 Apr 2010 22:00

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  • Richard Strauss

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    Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Performer: Gerald Moore (piano)

    • EMI CMS7639952.
  • Richard Strauss

    Guntram (Act 2 Conclusion)

    Performer: Sandor Sólyom-Nagy (The Old Duke) Performer: Ilona Tokody (Freihild) Performer: Hungarian Army Chorus Performer: Hungarian State Orchestra Performer: Eve Queler (director)

    • CBS M2K39737.
  • Richard Strauss

    Op.27 songs: Ruhe, meine Seele, Cäcilie, Heimliche Aufforderung, Morgen

    Performer: Margaret Price (soprano) Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)

    • EMI CDC7479482.
  • Richard Strauss

    Ein Heldenleben (The Hero, The Hero's Adversaries, The Hero's Companion)

    Performer: San Francisco Symphony Performer: Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

    • DECCA 4365962.

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