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Background: A year before his death in 1948, Richard Strauss composed his masterpiece, Four Last Songs, expressing a calm acceptance of the inevitability of his own death. The songs meditate on life, death, and the transition into ‘the magic circle of the night’ and rank among the most haunting music ever written.

In contrast the six Brentano-Lieder are playful, incandescent and virtuosic settings of Clemens Brentano’s deeply romantic poems. Acclaimed Strauss star Ricarda Merbeth shines in these sublime masterpieces, as tender as they are haunting. 'The star achievement is Ricarda Merbeth….. heavenly tone, all the notes and a strong emotional pulse.' The Financial Times on a performance in Toulouse.

CATALOGUE NR: 8570283
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
TITLE: Four Last Songs
TRACKS: Vier letzte Lieder - Four Last Songs op.posth AV150. 6 Lieder op.68 words by Brentano. Ariadne auf Naxos op.60 : excerpts.
ORCHESTRA: Weimar Staatskapelle
CONDUCTOR: Michael Halasz
ARTISTS: Ricarda Merbeth      

- May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'well worth hearing'

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