Soaring mountains, lush landscapes, and roguish adventures – Richard Strauss’s the tone poems capture it all, an uses an enormous orchestra to depict them. Listen for changes in scene and weather in An Alpine Symphony as well as for the transformation of the mischievous motifs that accompany the pranks of the clever peasant Till Eulenspiegel. Alec Baldwin is your host.
R. STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony
R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Lorin Maazel, Conductor
