Richard Strauss - An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Giuseppe Sinopoli & Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden)
Gala Concert commemorating the 450 Years of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden at the Semperoper Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli - conductor
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Richard Strauss - An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
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Although performed as one continuous movement, An Alpine Symphony has a distinct program which describes each phase of the Alpine journey in chronological order. The score includes the following section titles (not numbered in the score):
Nacht (Night)
Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise)
Der Anstieg (The Ascent)
Eintritt in den Wald (Entry into the Forest)
Wanderung neben dem Bach (Wandering by the Brook)
Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall)
Erscheinung (Apparition)
Auf blumigen Wiesen (On Flowering Meadows)
Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture)
Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (Through Thickets and Undergrowth on the Wrong