Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben

Eva Ollikainen conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne in Strauss' 'A Hero's Life'.
The Guardian

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Four Last Songs – review

Ein Heldenleben and the Four Last Songs make a slightly unusual coupling, though these works are, in fact, contrasting portraits of Strauss's own marriage. Heldenleben mockingly pits thoughts of ...
The Business Journals

REVIEW: Strauss’ ‘Ein Heldenleben’ is magical at Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder

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The Independent

No false modesty about Richard Strauss's 'Ein Heldenleben'

I've been swotting up on Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben in advance of Friday night's Prom by the Hallé and conductor Sir Mark Elder, for which I'm a guest TV commentator. The title means "a hero's ...
The New York Times

THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.; Production of Strauss's "Ein Heldenleben" and Return of Kreisler.

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The Guardian

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Webern: Im Sommerwind

As principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 2006, Bernard Haitink has featured more prominently on the orchestra's own CD label than anyone else, and the results have generally been ...
WOSU Public Media

A Hero's Life: Richard Strauss's Musical Homage to Himself

Richard Strauss conducting for photos. Whether it's a self-aggrandizing portrait or a more universal musical depiction of a life of heroic struggle, Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) by Richard Strauss ...
Gramophone

STRAUSS Don Juan. Ein Heldenleben

(Ein) Heldenleben, '(A) Hero's Life' Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Conductor Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici, Violin Richard Strauss, Composer Don Juan Richard Strauss, Composer Valery ...
San Diego Reader

SD Symphony: From the Depths to the Heights - Ein Heldenleben

The legendary Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz writes music of terrific and visceral energy and notable melodic sweetness, and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to be taking part in these ...
The Daily Telegraph

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Der Rosenkavalier Suite, review

These stirring performances come from concerts in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and testify to the rapport the Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons has established with the CBSO. Passion, glowing sonority ...
Gramophone

STRAUSS Four Last Songs. Ein Heldenleben

(4) Letzte Lieder, '(4) Last Songs' Anna Netrebko, Soprano Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Berlin Staatskapelle Richard Strauss, Composer (Ein) Heldenleben, '(A) Hero's Life' Richard Strauss, Composer ...