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Richard Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

1. Nacht

2. Sonnenaufgang

3. Der Anstieg

4. Eintritt in den Wald

5. Wanderung neben dem Bache

6. Am Wasserfall

7. Erscheinung

8. Auf blumigen Wiesen

9. Auf der Alm

10. Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen

11. Auf dem Gletscher

12. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke

13. Auf dem Gipfel

14. Vision

15. Nebel steigen auf

16. Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich

17. Elegie

18. Stille vor dem Sturm

19. Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg

20. Sonnenuntergang

21. Ausklang

22. Nacht

An Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss

With Robin Ticciati, Reinhold Messner, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

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Reinhold Messner — Concept and narration

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Robin Ticciati — Conductor

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An Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss represents the epitome of the symphonic poem. This evocative masterpiece, structured into 22 parts, each picturing a stage of the ascent to a majestic peak (as well as its descent), takes us through a day in the mountains, from dawn to dusk that may include a terrifying thunderstorm.

Who better than a renowned mountaineer to lead us on this journey? This is the groundbreaking choice made by Robin Ticciati and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, who share the stage with Reinhold Messner, a mounteneering legend notably known as the first person to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. At his side, we experience an unforgettable human and musical crescendo…

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