Strauss / Streng / Vienna Philharmonic / Von Karaj Don Quixote Op. 35 - Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 3 CD

Captured live in a gripping concert event dated 30 August 1964, at a point in time many consider the prime of his career or something very close to it, Herbert von Karajan here offers a dazzlingly powerful display of his mastery in music of Richard Strauss, specifically two of the composer's great tone poems, Don Quixote, op. 35 and Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30. He is ably aided by his soloists: Rudolf Streng, violist, member of the Vienna Philharmonic, founding member of the reformed Barylli Quartett active during the decade of the 1950s, and later to be heard in the Vienna Philharmonic String Quartet, and French cellist Pierre Fournier, one of the greatest at his instrument in the 20th c., known as the "aristocrat of cellists" in his lifetime for his lyricism and refinement. The Vienna Philharmonic, by this time fully rejuvenated from it's wartime decline, is in superb shape. In addition, von Karajan's Vienna recordings are treasured productions in a voluminous discography otherwise dominated by the Philharmonia and Berlin recordings.

1. Introduktion - Thema: Don Quixote, Der Ritter Von Der Traurigen Gestalt. Sancho Pansa 2. Variation I. Das Abenteuer Mit Den Windm?hlen 3. Variation II. Siegreicher Kampf Gegen Das Heer Des Groen Kaisers Alifanfaron 4. Variation III. Gespr?ch Zwischen Ritter Und Knappe 5. Variation IV. Ungl?ckliches Abenteuer Mit Der Prozession Von B?ern 6. Variation V. Don Quixotes Waffenwache Und Herzenserg?sse 7. Variation VI. Die Verzauberte Dulcinea 8. Variation VII. Der Ritt Durch Die Luft 9. Variation VIII. Ungl?ckliche Fahrt Auf Dem Verzauberten Nachen 10. Variation IX. Der Kampf Gegen Vermeintliche Zauberer 11. Variation X. Zweikampf Mit Dem Ritter Vom Blanken Monde 12. Finale: Don Quixotes Tod 13. Introduktion 14. Von Den Hinterweltlern 15. Von Der Groen Sehnsucht 16. Von Den Freuden Und Leidenschaften 17. Das Grablied 18. Von Der Wissenschaft 19. Der Genesende 20. Das Tanzlied 21. Das Nachtwandlerlied