Form Grows Rampant

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Mit Ausnahme der Hornkonzerte begegnet man den konzertanten Kompositionen von Richard Strauss im Konzertsaal eher selten. Entweder werden sie als Frühwerke abgetan, die zwar einiges Talent, aber eben noch keinen ausgeprägten Personalstil aufweisen, oder man übernimmt bei den Spätwerken unkritisch die ironische Bezeichnung des Komponisten als Fingerübung . Die Einspielung bei CHANDOS macht diese Fehleinschätzung deutlich: Wer könnte sich beispielsweise dem neoklassizistischen Lyrismus des späten Duett-Concertino für Klarinette, Fagott, Streicher und Harfe entziehen oder der von Glenn Gould so überaus geschätzten Burleske mit ihrer Nähe zu Brahms?



The Romanze is Strauss first attempt at writing for a soloist and orchestra. The influence of Mozarts piano concertos, which Strauss was studying at the time, is apparent, not least in the writing for solo clarinet and the orchestral bassoon, and re-visited by Strauss in his final instrumental work the Duett-Concertino from 1947. Like other of his late compositions, this work seems to reject the full-blown expressionism for which we know Strauss best, and reflects a more neo-classical sound. Another early work, the Violin Concerto was first performed in 1882, and demonstrates Strauss growing technical skill and developing compositional voice. Strauss ultimately came to distance himself from a piece which he presumably regarded as unrepresentative of his mature style. Many commentators on the works of Strauss have felt that the Burleske was a significant turning point in his development, seemingly pointing the way ahead to the technical dexterity and emotional palette of his later tone poems. Originally written for Strausss mentor in Dresden Hans von Bülow, the work was premiered by Eugen dAlbert, in 1890 following von Bülows rejection of the work.

Disc 1
1: Part One: A Time of Happening
2: Part Two: Imitations of Spring
3: Part Three: So Young It Knows No Maturing

Disc 2
1: Part Four: So Free It Knows No End
2: Part Five: As Doors Open Into Space

Number of Discs: 1

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