Four Last Songs / Orchestral Songs

~ Release by Richard Strauss; Kiri Te Kanawa, Andrew Davis, London Symphony Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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1Four Last Songs: Frühling
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: I. „Frühling“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 1. “Spring”)
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 Strauss?:??
2Four Last Songs: September
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: II. „September“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 2. “September”)
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 Strauss?:??
3Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: III. „Beim Schlafengehen“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 3. “When You Go to Sleep”)
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 Strauss?:??
4Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: IV. „Im Abendrot“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 4. “In the Afterglow”)
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 Strauss?:??
5Orchestral Songs: Morgen
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay (Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1897)
arrangement of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss?:??
6Orchestral Songs: Muttertändelei
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Muttertändelei, op. 43 no. 2 (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
Gottfried August Bürger
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1899)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1900)
arrangement of:
Muttertändelei, op. 43 no. 2 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss?:??
7Orchestral Songs: Ruhe, meine Seele
solo soprano vocals and soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Ruhe, meine Seele, op. 27 no. 1
lyricist:
Karl Friedrich Henckell
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss?:??
8Orchestral Songs: Wiegenlied
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Wiegenlied, op. 41 no. 1 (Lullaby, op. 41 no. 1)
lyricist:
Richard Dehmel
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1899)
part of:
5 Lieder for voice and piano (op 41; TrV 195)
Richard Strauss?:??
9Orchestral Songs: Befreit
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
Richard Dehmel
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1897 until 1898)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1933)
arrangement of:
Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss?:??
10Orchestral Songs: Zueignung
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 (orchestrated by Strauss)
orchestrator:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1940)
lyricist:
Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1885)
orchestration of:
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss?:??