Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben Op40 - Berliner Philharmoniker - Herbert von Karajan - Universal UCGG-9062 (SHM) - (2014)
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Originally  Deutche Grammphon (1959). This version uses the DSD master made by Emil Berliner Studios (Germany) in 2014. 
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Say what you want about the egomaniacal Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, he was far & away the best postwar interpreter of German composer Richard Strauss' megalomaniacal Ein Heldenleben. In this 1959 Deutsche Grammophon recording with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan approaches the work as a portrait painted in sound of the artist as a young world conqueror. Though Karajan draws playing of tremendous fire & daring out of the Berlin musicians & though Deutsche Grammophon captures the performance in immediate stereo sound, the real hero of this Hero's Life is Karajan himself. He has the measure of the score, knows when to apply pressure & when to pull back, when to let the brass go & when to reign them in, when to let the harmonies bloom & when to cut them off. But more importantly, Karajan believes in the music. Other postwar conductors could give convincing performances of Ein Heldenleben -- one thinks, of course, of Fritz Reiner & the Chicago Symphony's high-powered 1954 RCA recording -- but Karajan isn't performing the work: he's living it. The sweep & swagger of the opening theme, the imperious power of the battle music, the expansive monumentality of the closing pages: this isn't an act for Karajan; this is life itself.


         Tracks:

1. Der Held (The Hero) 
2. Des Helden Widersacher (The Hero’s Enemies) 
3. Des Helden Gefahrtin (The Hero’s Companion) 
4. Des Helden Walstatt (The Hero’s Field of Battle) 
5. Des Helden Friedenswerke (The Hero’s Works of Peace) 
6. Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung (The Hero’s Withdrawal from the World) 

        Musicians:

Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Performer: Michel Schwalbé (Violin Solo [3,6])
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra


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