The great composer was also one of the great conductors of his day
Richard Strauss conducts Richard Strauss
Don Quixote+ • Till Eulenspiegel (extract)
(+Karl Hess, cello & Georg Seifert, viola
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden: London 1936)
Macbeth
(Orchester des Deutschlandsenders: Berlin 1936)
For umpteen reasons these performances are precious...There are, of course, various other recordings by Strauss of these works, but few possess quite the intensity found here. Classic CD (UK)