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Eloquence Clemens Krauss - Complete Decca Recordings

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The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Clemens Krausss commercial legacy of recordings, newly remastered and presented as an original jackets limited edition. In Mark Obert-Thorns new remasterings for this Eloquence box set, we can appreciate anew the genius for colour, pacing and timing which made Clemens Krauss the unrivalled conductor of his day in the music of Johann and Richard Strauss. He began recording for Decca in 1947 three sessions of Brahms in London including a famous account of the Alto Rhapsody which found Kathleen Ferrier in glorious voice allowing for less than eight years of activity in the studio before the conductors untimely death from a heart attack in May 1954, hours after conducting a concert in Mexico City. In that time, however, Decca secured Krauss in much of the repertoire for which he was renowned as a peerless interpreter. A Richard Strauss series captured all the major symphonic poems except the Alpine Symphony, plus a complete Salome with Christel Goltz, and, for Polydor (Deutsche Grammophon) the rapturous final Trio from Der Rosenkavalier recorded in pre-war Berlin with his wife, the soprano Viorica Ursuleac, as the Marschallin. Unlike many later recordings, these are not performances which pull out the modernist strands in Strausss form and harmony. Rather they place the composer in a lineage of lyricists and musical dramatists stretching back to Mozart. Strauss himself apparently regarded Krauss as the supreme conductor of his generation, supporting the younger mans rise to a succession of top jobs of 1930s and 40s Austria and Germany. During the war, Krauss founded the tradition of New Years Day concerts in Vienna, and Decca capitalised on their popularity with three albums which have become touchstones of interpretation in the music of the Strauss family by turns committed and distanced, never pasteurized or bent on proving anything, as Carlos Kleiber remarked of the Decca recording of Die Fledermaus, which became a library choice for the work as soon as it was released in January 1951. The trio of Beethoven concertos with Backhaus has also been a perennial favourite among collectors; much less familiar is the album of Leonore/Fidelio overtures which marked the premature end to Krausss Decca career, charged with visceral intensity and elevated by needle-point rhythmic detail. Sleeves feature the original Decca covers and the booklet includes a survey of Krausss remarkable life and times by Peter Quantrill. [There is] the pleasure of Backhauss muscular and tender versatility and the lovely, lingering environment supplied by the conductors affectionate understanding. High Fidelity, April 1952 (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4) The performance is on a high level. The subtlety and variety of Clemens Krausss conducting of waltzes (and of course the rest of the score) is a delight, as is the playing of the orchestra. Patzak gives a performance of wonderful subtlety and charm. Opera, April 1952 (Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron) The singing is sumptuous and exquisite. Miss Ferrier is at her best in the more serious Alto Rhapsody, where she receives splendid support A Brahms disc of distinction, and another living memorial to a great lady who left us too soon. High Fidelity, June 1954 A remarkably fluent, perceptive and altogether compelling performance Matching the performance is the truly superb sound Decca has produced, particularly brilliant in the rousing final movement, a riot of orchestral sound. High Fidelity, August 1954 (R. Strauss: Aus Italien) A pleasing piece of romantic music, recommended by a splendid performance and recording. The Record Guide, 1955 (R. Strauss: Aus Italien)

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ELOQUENCE

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Audio CD
Pack Size
16 items
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
04 March 2022
Listed Since
02 December 2021

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