Strauss Symphony in D minor

[hyperdanny]

oh wow..talk about arousing music!

[hyperdanny]

jokes aside, the Nola article is very nice, a heartfelt farewell..it's nice to think that he had such a successful career in Louisiana (of all places)

[Alan Howe]

The cover's cheap and cheerful, yes. But an excellent CD. Don't be put off!

[Gareth Vaughan]

It wasn't its 'cheap and cheerful'-ness that provoked my comment.

[Alan Howe]

Er yes, quite. As indicated, it's a fine recording. Ignore the cover, please. Rickenbacher is good and solid, but by comparison Seibel is inspired. Try, for example, the variations in dynamic level in his treatment of the first movement's main theme. There's just so much more light and shade. Wonderful!

Check the performance out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YZyHPQKUjk

[Alan Howe]

The cover, of course, features a representation of the Frauenkirche in Munich, with its famous 'onion domes':



Why Munich? Because the CD contains Strauss' München - A Commemorative Waltz (written 1945).