Strauss - Ein Heldenleben Op. 40 (Score)

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Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949) Tone Poem 'Ein Heldenleben' (A Hero's Life) for large orchestra, written in the Bavarian Alps in 1898.

Strauss himself is generally thought to be the 'Hero' mentioned in the movement subtitles, but he always denied this, answering "I'm no hero! I'm not made for battle!" On the other hand, he did accidentally write his wife a love theme called "The Hero's Companion"...

00:00 Der Held (The Hero)
04:21 Des Helden Widersacher (The Hero's Adversaries)
07:35 Des Helden Gefährtin (The Hero's Companion)
21:45 Des Helden Walstatt (The Hero at Battle)
29:37 Des Helden Friedenswerke (The Hero's Works of Peace)
34:48 Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung (The Hero's Retirement from this World and Completion)

Performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester)
Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada

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[AltoClef]

Timecodes:
00:00 Der Held (The Hero)
04:21 Des Helden Widersacher (The Hero's Adversaries)
07:35 Des Helden Gefährtin (The Hero's Companion)
21:45 Des Helden Walstatt (The Hero at Battle)
29:37 Des Helden Friedenswerke (The Hero's Works of Peace)
34:48 Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung (The Hero's Retirement from this World and Completion)

[OuwenH]

Strauss is the guy who writes the hardest part for strings but its totally worth it

[francieliszt]

Kudos to the concertmaster. Absolutely brilliant in the solos!!

[ЛевЖуравский]

33:08 The music from his opera "Guntram"

[AbnerBorges]

Cello excerto

00:01

21:02

24:32

[AP]

21:45 I thought it was the rebel fanfare lol

[zalibeeth]

For exceprt Practice:
20:00
21:45
27:37

[benclarke]

AMEB Grade 8 excerpt 21:48, 24:18, 25:40 and 27:40

[tiborvisi]

It's a really good recording of a not so easy piece.
Hats off! 😊

[ywxuwei]

Horn and cello bass, wind ensemble, violin, percussion in war scene, peace scene, then retirement.

[mischag]

27:14 Mahler must've grabbed the manuscript and taken over for a sec

[chuppy]

He quote not only Don Juan but also Also Sprach Zarathustra

[thechosenone]

Please can you do Death and Transfiguration also by Strauss. Thanks

[Skidoo]

Favourite moment is the F in the low register instruments 27:14

[FernandoMendoza-npqb]

Despite Strauss' magnificent orchestration, I must admit I am pretty much in agreement with Vaughan Williams who finds Ein Heldenleben to be 'a most banal piece of sentiment.' (Vaughan Williams On Music, p.162), yet the author admitted he found it 'new, wonderful, astonishing' at the end of his article, possibly to be on the safe side (p.163)

[logos]

Richard Strauss ist einer der sinnlosesten. DAS IST KEINE MUSIK, DAS IST KEINE KUNST