Richard Strauss - Don Quixote | Lynn Harrell | Semyon Bychkov | WDR Sinfonieorchester

Richard Strauss' "Don Quixote", gespielt von Cellist Lynn Harrell, Bratschist Stephan Blaumer und dem WDR Sinfonieorchester unter der Leitung seines damaligen Chefdirigenten Semyon Bychkov. Aufgezeichnet im Mai 1999 in der Kölner Philharmonie.
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Richard Straus - Don Quixote op. 35
Fantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters

00:00:50 I. Introduktion: mässiges Zeitmass
00:06:24 II. Thema. Mässig - Don Quixote
00:07:36 III. Maggiore - Sacho Panza
00:08:42 IV. Variation I: gemächlich
00:11:19 V. Variation II: kriegerisch
00:13:02 VI. Variation III: mässiges Zeitmass
00:21:17 VII. Variation IV: etwas breiter
00:23:22 VIII. Variation V: sehr langsam
00:27:39 IX. Variation VI: schnell
00:28:54 X. Variation VII: ein wenig ruhiger als vorher
00:30:08 XI. Variation VIII: gemächlich
00:32:00 XII. Variation IX: schnell und stürmisch
00:33:04 XIII. Variation X: viel breiter
00:37:32 XIV. Finale: sehr ruhig

WDR Sinfonieorchester
Stephan Blaumer, Viola
Lynn Harrell, Cello
Semyon Bychkov, Leitung

[snapfinger]

All the strings played the varnish off of their instruments. Gold Medal performance.

[caginn]

Why won't you write the names of the soloists (cello, viola) to the description of the video?

Cello solo seems to be Lynn Harrell, right?

[Cellooboy]

Such a blessing that WDR shares so many performances since few months!

[uxnosidda]

Thanks for uploading this amazing footage of Lynn Harrell! There's too little video online of him playing. There's barely anything of him with orchestra.

[diegoelcellista]

Thanks for sharing this marvelous performance of the great Lynn Harrell!!

[TheDexCrafter]

Lynn harrell❤ how beautiful how beautiful

[timmellin]

Just saw Dudamel conduct L.A. Philharmonic w/ this work, a few weeks last Strauss tone poem I've finally seen in person. Composed 1 year prior to Ein Heldenleiben, it seems like a precurser to main theme (a hero in his own mind going up against competitors.) Also similar: the fiber of the Dulcinea similar to the fiber of Strrauss' wife Paulina giving him advice in Ein Heldenleiben.

[JesusSanAgustin]

😇 Don Quixote ✨✨ night night from Spain 💖 All will be Ok 💐🙏

[MikeDrewYT]

Wow, terrible recording balance for the soloist here

[WHCcccc]

Terrible performance. Ive never heard the solo cellist play those solos in the big orchestral introduction. And of course, true to form LH plays everything like it's an oversized, trivial and clumsy joke.