Sublime swansong
Internationally renowned soprano Anja Harteros sings Strauss's Four Last Songs with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada. Plus Wagner and Shostakovich.
Ahead of Saturday's hotly-anticipated Cardiff Singer of the World final, Georgia Mann introduces a concert recorded at the Grand Hall of Frankfurt's Alte Oper featuring the 1999 Cardiff winner. Since then, German soprano Anja Harteros has enjoyed a stellar international career in both opera house and concert hall, with Strauss's moving farewell to life, the Four Last Songs, one of her party pieces. Book-ending the concert given by the Frankfurt Radio SO and their Music Director Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada are Wagner's erotically-charged music from Tristan und Isolde and Shostakovich's final symphony.
Wagner: Prelude und Isolde Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde)
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A, Op. 141
Anja Harteros (soprano)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada (conductor)
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Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde - Prelude
Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅s Orozco鈥怑strada. -
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Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs AV.150 for voice and orchestra
Singer: Anja Harteros. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅s Orozco鈥怑strada. -
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Richard Strauss
Sonatina (Symphony) No. 2 in E flat major Av.143 for 16 wind instruments
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Director: Alexei Ogrintchouk.- BIS : 2163.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No.15 in A major Op.141
Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅s Orozco鈥怑strada. -
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57
Performer: Mimi Zweig. Performer: Jerry Horner. Ensemble: Borodin Trio.
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- Tue 18 Jun 2019 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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