RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)

 

Symphonia Domestica, Metamorphosen

 

Symphonia domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209

Bewegt

Scherzo

Wiegenlied

Adagio

Finale

Metamorphosen, TrV 290

 

Staatskapelle Weimar / Antoni Wit

 

Scored for large symphony orchestra, the Symphonia domestica depicts the delights and vicissitudes of married life with Strauss, his wife, child and other family members deftly portrayed in a variety of situations, including a ‘cheerful quarrel’ in which the father has the last word. In contrast, Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings is Strauss’s heartbreaking meditation on the destruction of German culture during World War II.

 

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