Strauss' Farewell and Korngold's Tribute to Vienna

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Strauss' Farewell and Korngold's Tribute to Vienna

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Strauss' Farewell and Korngold's Tribute to Vienna Erich Wolfgang Korngold's nostalgic tribute to Vienna meets Richard Strauss's most intimate love letter. Roberto González-Monjas conducts this meeting between two masters of the late Romantic orchestral sound, with the soprano star Corinne Winters in Strauss's Vier letzte Lieder. In an age marked by the experiments of modernism, two of the most fascinating composers from the German-speaking world chose to look backwards. Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Richard Strauss shared a deep nostalgia for the heyday of the Viennese cultural tradition, but expressed it in completely different ways. Where Korngold, a Hollywood exile, recalled the Vienna of his childhood through American eyes, the ageing Strauss turned his gaze towards life's great questions. Programme Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Theme and Variations Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Straussiana Richard Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite Performers: Corinne Winters, soprano Roberto González-Monjas, conductor