Richard Strauss enjoyed early success as both conductor and composer, in the second capacity influenced by the work of Wagner. He developed the symphonic poem (or tone poem) to an unrivalled level of expressiveness and after 1900 achieved great success with a series of impressive operas, at first on a grand scale but later tending to a more Classical restraint. His relationship with the National Socialist government in Germany was at times ambiguous, a fact that protected him but led to post-war difficulties and self-imposed exile in Switzerland, from which he returned home to Bavaria only in the year of his death, 1949.

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Richard Strauss created an immediate sensation with his opera Salome, based on the play of that na...

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ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 11: A Hero's Life in Music / Program 12: Mozart and a World Premiere (G. Schwarz)
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 11: A Hero's Life in Music / Program 12: Mozart and a World Premiere (G. Schwarz)
Composers: Jones, Samuel -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: All-Star Orchestra, The -- Bilger, David -- Kim, David -- Meyers, Anne Akiko -- Ralske, Erik -- Schwarz, Gerard
Label/Producer: Naxos
BERLIN OPERA NIGHT
BERLIN OPERA NIGHT
Composers: Dvorak, Antonin -- Handel, George Frideric -- Lehar, Franz -- Leoncavallo, Ruggero -- Massenet, Jules -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Saint-Saens, Camille -- Strauss II, Johann -- Strauss, Richard -- Wagner, Richard
Artists: Banse, Juliane -- Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus -- Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra -- Bumbry, Grace -- Castronovo, Charles -- Crider, Michele -- Galouzine, Vladimir -- Kasarova, Vesselina -- Kirchschlager, Angelika -- Licitra, Salvatore -- Nagano, Kent -- Pape, Rene -- Pieczonka, Adrianne -- Schwanewilms, Anne
Label/Producer: EuroArts
BERLIN OPERA NIGHT 2006 (Foster)
BERLIN OPERA NIGHT 2006 (Foster)
Composers: Dvorak, Antonin -- Handel, George Frideric -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Smetana, Bedrich -- Strauss, Richard -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe -- Wagner, Richard
Artists: Barcellona, Daniela -- Bayrakdarian, Isabel -- Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus -- Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra -- Brenciu, Marius -- Candia, Roberto de -- Erdmann, Mojca -- Ernman, Malena -- Foster, Lawrence -- Isokoski, Soile -- Prudenskaja, Marina -- Quasthoff, Thomas -- Savastano, Marie Virginia -- Urmana, Violeta -- Vargas, Ramon -- Vogt, Klaus Florian
Label/Producer: C Major
BRAHMS, J.: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40, TrV 190 (Jansons)
BRAHMS, J.: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40, TrV 190 (Jansons)
Composer: Strauss, Richard
Artists: Jansons, Mariss -- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Label/Producer: RCO Live
BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 4: II. Andante quasi allegretto / STRAUSS, R.: Don Quixote: Sancho Panza (Masterclass with Amihai Grosz) (Lysenko)
BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 4: II. Andante quasi allegretto / STRAUSS, R.: Don Quixote: Sancho Panza (Masterclass with Amihai Grosz) (Lysenko)
Composers: Bruckner, Anton -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Grosz, Amihai -- Lysenko, Anna
Label/Producer: DakApp
CLASSIC ARCHIVE: Celebrating Strauss
CLASSIC ARCHIVE: Celebrating Strauss
Composer: Strauss, Richard
Artists: Bellugi, Piero -- Klobucar, Berislav -- Mackerras, Charles -- Moore, Gerald -- Orchestre National de l'ORTF -- Philharmonia Orchestra -- Reiss, Janine -- Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth -- Seefried, Irmgard -- Streich, Rita -- Topper, Hertha
Label/Producer: Ideale Audience
CLASSICAL DESTINATIONS II - Music from the Series
CLASSICAL DESTINATIONS II - Music from the Series
Composers: Bartok, Bela -- Britten, Benjamin -- Elgar, Edward -- Handel, George Frideric -- Holst, Gustav -- Ravel, Maurice -- Respighi, Ottorino -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Australian Chamber Orchestra -- Australian Chamber Orchestra 2 -- Macliver, Sara -- Rathbone, Helena -- Tognetti, Richard
Label/Producer: Bredon Hill Media
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES - STRAUSS, R.: Eine Alpensinfonie
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES - STRAUSS, R.: Eine Alpensinfonie
Composer: Strauss, Richard
Artists: Saxon State Orchestra -- Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Label/Producer: EuroArts
FUOCO SACRO - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song (Documentary, 2021)
FUOCO SACRO - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song (Documentary, 2021)
Composers: Abrahamsen, Hans -- Debussy, Claude -- Grisey, Gerard -- Mahler, Gustav -- Mascagni, Pietro -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Satie, Erik -- Strauss, Richard -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists: Bavarian State Orchestra -- Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra -- Grigorian, Asmik -- Hannigan, Barbara -- Jaho, Ermonela -- Leeuw, Reinbert de -- Petrenko, Kirill -- Piemontesi, Francesco -- Welser-Most, Franz
Label/Producer: Naxos
GALA FROM BERLIN, 2017 (DiDonato, Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle)
GALA FROM BERLIN, 2017 (DiDonato, Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle)
Composers: Bernstein, Leonard -- Brahms, Johannes -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Shostakovich, Dmitry -- Strauss, Richard -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- DiDonato, Joyce -- Rattle, Simon
Label/Producer: EuroArts
GREAT OPERA ARIAS - A Gala Concert from the Royal Opera House, 1996 (Domingo, Alagna, Gheorghiu)
GREAT OPERA ARIAS - A Gala Concert from the Royal Opera House, 1996 (Domingo, Alagna, Gheorghiu)
Composers: Bizet, Georges -- De Curtis, Ernesto -- Donizetti, Gaetano -- Gounod, Charles-Francois -- Grigoriu, Theodor -- Halevy, Jacques E. -- Lehar, Franz -- Mascagni, Pietro -- Massenet, Jules -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Alagna, Roberto -- Croft, Dwayne -- Domingo, Placido -- Fisch, Asher -- Gheorghiu, Angela -- Graham, Susan -- Lloyd, Robert -- Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden -- Vaduva, Leontina -- Villarroel Gonzalez, Veronica -- Watson, Lillian
Label/Producer: Opus Arte
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Semifinal Round: Yang, Jung Yoon
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Semifinal Round: Yang, Jung Yoon
Composers: Chausson, Ernest -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Penderecki, Krzysztof -- Schollhorn, Johannes -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Duzmal, Agnieszka -- Polish Radio Amadeus Chamber Orchestra -- Silva, Rohan de -- Yang, Jung Yoon
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Kreft, Joanna
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Kreft, Joanna
Composers: Marino, Peter Francesco -- Strauss, Richard -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Kreft, Joanna -- Sikorski, Marcin
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
HONEGGER, A.: Symphony No. 3, "Liturgique" (Jansons)
HONEGGER, A.: Symphony No. 3, "Liturgique" (Jansons)
Composers: Honegger, Arthur -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Jansons, Mariss -- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Label/Producer: C Major
Horn Music - BRAHMS, J. / RAVEL, M. / STRAUSS, R. (Masterclass with Stefan Dohr) (Dohr, R. Lee)
Horn Music - BRAHMS, J. / RAVEL, M. / STRAUSS, R. (Masterclass with Stefan Dohr) (Dohr, R. Lee)
Composers: Brahms, Johannes -- Ravel, Maurice -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Dohr, Stefan -- Lee, Ricky
Label/Producer: DakApp
LEGATO - THE WORLD OF THE PIANO - PONTINEN, Roland: Listening to Yourself
LEGATO - THE WORLD OF THE PIANO - PONTINEN, Roland: Listening to Yourself
Composers: Albeniz, Isaac -- Busoni, Ferruccio -- Chopin, Fryderyk -- Couperin, Francois -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Rameau, Jean-Philippe -- Ravel, Maurice -- Saariaho, Kaija -- Strauss, Richard
Artist: Pontinen, Roland
Label/Producer: Ideale Audience
MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 1, "Titan" / STRAUSS, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Leinsdorf) (1962-1963)
MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 1, "Titan" / STRAUSS, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Leinsdorf) (1962-1963)
Composers: Mahler, Gustav -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Leinsdorf, Erich
Label/Producer: ICA Classics
MEHTA, Zubin: In Rehearsal - STRAUSS, R.: Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche (Israel Philharmonic)
MEHTA, Zubin: In Rehearsal - STRAUSS, R.: Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche (Israel Philharmonic)
Composer: Strauss, Richard
Artists: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra -- Mehta, Zubin
Label/Producer: Monarda Music
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT 1992 (Abbado)
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT 1992 (Abbado)
Composer: Strauss, Richard
Artists: Abbado, Claudio -- Argerich, Martha -- Battle, Kathleen -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Fleming, Renee -- Schmidt, Andreas -- Stade, Frederica von
Label/Producer: C Major
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT 2011 - DANCES AND DREAMS (Kissin, Rattle)
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT 2011 - DANCES AND DREAMS (Kissin, Rattle)
Composers: Brahms, Johannes -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Grieg, Edvard -- Ravel, Maurice -- Strauss, Richard -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Kissin, Evgeny -- Rattle, Simon
Label/Producer: EuroArts