Sir Georg Solti - Strauss: An Alpine Symphony - Decca Pure Analogue Series LP

Decca Pure Analogue Series — Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition 180g Virgin Vinyl LP

Few orchestral works demand precision engineering as much as Richard Strauss's An Alpine Symphony. This Decca recording by Sir Georg Solti and the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio was made in 1979, among the last Decca analogue productions before the switch to digital. Solti knew Strauss personally and studied the composer's own recording before taping this performance in Munich. The original ¼-inch two-track stereo tapes were mastered by Rainer Maillard and cut by Sidney C. Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios.

Features

• Hand-numbered, limited edition 180g virgin vinyl
• All-analogue: mastered from the original Decca stereo master tapes
• Pressed at Pallas
• Label: Decca

Track Listing

Richard Strauss (1864–1949) — An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64

Side A:

1. Nacht (Night)
2. Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise)
3. Der Anstieg (The Ascent)
4. Eintritt in den Wald (Entry into the Forest)
5. Wanderung neben dem Bache (Wandering by the Brook)
6. Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall)
7. Erscheinung (Apparition)
8. Auf blumigen Wiesen (On Flowering Meadows)
9. Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture)
10. Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (Through Thickets and Undergrowth on the Wrong Path)
11. Auf dem Gletscher (On the Glacier)

Side B:

1. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (Dangerous Moments)
2. Auf dem Gipfel (On the Summit)
3. Vision (Vision)
4. Nebel steigen auf (Mists Rise)
5. Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich (The Sun Gradually Becomes Obscured)
6. Elegie (Elegy)
7. Stille vor dem Sturm (Calm Before the Storm)
8. Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg (Thunderstorm and Tempest, Descent)
9. Sonnenuntergang (Sunset)
10. Ausklang (Quiet Settles / Epilogue)
11. Nacht (Night)