Four Last Songs

~ Release by Richard Strauss; Renée Fleming, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1Vier letzte Lieder: I. Frühling
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: I. „Frühling“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 1. “Spring”) (in 2008)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-07-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss3:17
2Vier letzte Lieder: II. September
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: II. „September“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 2. “September”) (in 2008)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-09-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss4:53
3Vier letzte Lieder: III. Beim Schlafengehen
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: III. „Beim Schlafengehen“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 3. “When You Go to Sleep”) (in 2008)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-08-04)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss5:40
4Vier letzte Lieder: IV. Im Abendrot
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: IV. „Im Abendrot“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 4. “In the Afterglow”) (in 2008)
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-05-06)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss7:49
5Ariadne auf Naxos: Ach! Wo war ich? Tot? …
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Oper. [2] ”Ach! Wo war ich?” (Ariadne, Echo, Harlekin, Zerbinetta, Truffaldin) (in 2008)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Oper
Richard Strauss2:26
6Ariadne auf Naxos: Ein Schönes war: hieß Theseus‐Ariadne …
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Oper. [3] „Ein Schönes war: hieß Theseus–Ariadne” (Ariadne, Najade, Echo, Dryade, Harlekin, Zerbinetta, Scaramuccio, Truffaldin) (in 2008)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Oper
Richard Strauss6:33
7Ariadne auf Naxos: Es gibt ein Reich
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Oper. [5] “Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist” (Ariadne) (in 2008)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Oper
Richard Strauss5:56
8Verführung, op. 33 no. 1
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Verführung, op. 33 no. 1 (in 2008)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay (Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
part of:
4 Gesänge for voice and orchestra (op. 33; TrV 180)
Richard Strauss7:13
9Freundliche Vision, op. 48 no. 1
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Freundliche Vision, op. 48 no. 1 (in 2008)
lyricist:
Otto Julius Bierbaum (Martin Möbius, German writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1900)
part of:
5 Lieder for voice and piano (op. 48; TrV 202)
Richard Strauss2:20
10Winterweihe, op. 48 no. 4
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Winterweihe, op. 48 no. 4 (in 2008)
lyricist:
Karl Friedrich Henckell
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1900)
part of:
5 Lieder for voice and piano (op. 48; TrV 202)
Richard Strauss2:59
11Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 (for soprano and orchestra, arr. Heger) (in 2008)
orchestrator:
Robert Heger (conductor)
lyricist:
Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1885)
arrangement of:
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss1:40
12Die ägyptische Helena: Zweite Brautnacht!
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 2008)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2008)
recording of:
Die Ägyptische Helena: Act II: “Zweite Brautnacht” (in 2008)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
Richard Strauss4:40