R. Strauss - Death and Transfiguration - Le Bourgois Gentilhomme - Reiner
Taken together, these recordings illuminate Reiner’s unique relationship with Strauss. Both men were perfectionists who valued precision as a vehicle for truth in art. Reiner’s Strauss is never sentimentalized; it is noble, clear-eyed, and unflinchingly honest. Whether drawing luminous grandeur from the Vienna Philharmonic or razor-sharp brilliance from the Chicago Symphony, Reiner reveals the mind behind the emotion. His interpretations remind us that Strauss, for all his opulence, was a composer of intellect as much as passion. Death and Transfiguration becomes not merely the story of an artist’s soul ascending to glory, but a meditation on control and transcendence; Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme transforms from pastiche into a sparkling essay on taste and refinement. Reiner’s achievement lies in showing Strauss as a master of both thought and feeling, his music radiant, precise, and enduring.
Artist(s): Death And Transfiguration
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Producer: John Culshaw
Engineer: James Brown
Recorded 4-7 Sep 1956 at Sofiensaal, Vienna
Le Bourgois Gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Producer: Richard Mohr
Engineer: Lewis Layton
Recorded April 17 & 18, 1956 at Orchestra Hall, Chicago
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