Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss’s Lullaby, Op. 41 No. 1, is a work full of gentleness and tenderness. Composed in 1899, it belongs to a particularly creative phase in the German composer’s career. Inspired by the wor...

Richard Strauss’s Lullaby, Op. 41 No. 1, is a work full of gentleness and tenderness. Composed in 1899, it belongs to a particularly creative phase in the German composer’s career. Inspired by the wor...

Richard Strauss’s Lullaby, Op. 41 No. 1, is a work full of gentleness and tenderness. Composed in 1899, it belongs to a particularly creative phase in the German composer’s career. Inspired by the wor...

The Concerto in D major, o. Op. AV 144 by Richard Strauss is indisputably one of the crowning achievements of the entire oboe repertoire. Composed during the master's sublime late period, this work ca...

Richard Strauss’s Lullaby, Op. 41 No. 1, is a work full of gentleness and tenderness. Composed in 1899, it belongs to a particularly creative phase in the German composer’s career. Inspired by the wor...

Richard Strauss’s Lullaby, Op. 41 No. 1, is a work full of gentleness and tenderness. Composed in 1899, it belongs to a particularly creative phase in the German composer’s career. Inspired by the wor...

Immerse yourself in the deeply moving late period of musical genius Richard Strauss. Published by the prestigious Boosey & Hawkes, this masterly volume brings together three of the 20th century's most...

Richard Strauss composed his Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, between 1882 and 1883. The work, which he wrote at the age of only eighteen and dedicated to his father, Franz Strauss—one of the most promine...

Shortly after the Second World War, Richard Strauss, then 80 years old, had remained safe in his villa in Garmisch, though cultural life in Europe had come to a complete standstill. The American occup...

In his compositions, Richard Strauss demonstrates his deep understanding of the character of the Romantic horn. He achieved his greatest success in this respect with his first horn concerto, which - a...

Richard Strauss composed his second horn concerto about 60 years after his first horn concerto, having recently considered that his actual creativity had come to an end with his opera Capriccio. The l...

Richard Strauss was aware (especially following the success of his 'Don Juan') of his reputation and above all of his 'value' as a composer, which led him to rewrite several of his successful works by...

Strauss had originally intended that Don Quixote always be performed, if possible, together with Heldenleben, “since Don Q. in particular is only fully comprehensible alongside Heldenleben.” To date,...

Richard Strauss war die französische Fassung seiner Salome besonders wichtig. Für den kongenialen Text von Romain Rolland komponierte er umfänglich die Gesangslinien um. Die neue Fassung gilt als Unik...

When the 24-year-old Richard Strauss, assistant conductor in Munich, began the composition of his third tone poem in the summer of 1888, he saw himself close to the aspiration prescribed by his mentor...

Richard Strauss’s Lullaby, Op. 41 No. 1, is a work full of gentleness and tenderness. Composed in 1899, it belongs to a particularly creative phase in the German composer’s career. Inspired by the wor...

Richard Strauss’s Lullaby, Op. 41 No. 1, is a work full of gentleness and tenderness. Composed in 1899, it belongs to a particularly creative phase in the German composer’s career. Inspired by the wor...