LoginStrauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben
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This recording was the hi-fi demo disc of the 1950s. On CD, it still sounds pretty incredible; an achievement as remarkable technically as it is musically. And what playing! Fritz Reiner sadistically enjoyed driving his players to despair. There's a famous story about principal trumpeter Adolph (Bud) Herseth, who played his tricky little fanfare at the beginning of the second half of Zarathustra so perfectly so many times that even Reiner finally gave up. Most critics and Strauss lovers consider Reiner's performance of A Hero's Life to be the best ever committed to disc, and I'd be the last one to disagree. This is one of
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Manufacturer: RCA
Release date: 9 March 1993
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0090266149421 UPC: 090266149421
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Release date: 9 March 1993
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0090266149421 UPC: 090266149421
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