Strauss's "Death and Transfiguration:" Deep Dive

Richard Atkinson discusses Richard Strauss's tone poem, "Death and Transfiguration" - a masterclass in orchestration, counterpoint, harmony, and thematic expansion and transformation. This is a fair use educational commentary that uses excerpts from the following recordings/performances:

Strauss:
Death and Transfiguration: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, David Zinman
Don Quixote: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Yo-Yo Ma
Don Juan: Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Till Eulenspiegel: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel
Also Sprach Zarathustra: Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Four Last Songs: Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Mahler:
Symphony No. 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Symphony No. 4: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer
Symphony No. 9: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Bruckner:
Symphony No. 9: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Wagner:
All examples from “Der Ring des Nibelungen:” Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

Tchaikovsky:
Swan Lake: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov

Beethoven:
Symphony No. 2: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner

Mozart:
Piano Sonata for Four Hands, K. 521: Ingrid Haebler & Ludwig Hoffmann

J. S. Bach:
Cantata No. 4: Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel
Cantata No. 144: Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven
Goldberg Variations: Glenn Gould

Josquin:
Missa Fortuna Desperata: The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

John Williams:
Superman Theme

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