Strauss: Four Last Songs, Reiner (CD)

“[Price] makes a big, lush sound but also achieves moments of great poise . . . she sounds increasingly steady and secure as the four songs unfold and Leinsdorf’s brisk and flexible accompaniment supports her reading admirably, with superb playing from the New Philharmonia.” — MusicWeb International 

Pulling deep from RCA’s catalog, Sony Classical Masters presents a triptych of works by Richard Strauss — his Four Last Songs, a selection from Die Frau ohne Schatten and the legendary Also sprach Zarathustra — with some of the finest conductors, soloists and orchestras the world has ever known. 

Strauss Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) 
Erich Leinsdorf conductor 
Leontyne Price soprano 
New Philharmonia Orchestra 
July 1973, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London 

Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten: Empress' Awakening Scene 
Erich Leinsdorf conductor 
Leontyne Price soprano 
Patricia Clark soprano 
New Philharmonia Orchestra 
Men of the Ambrosian Opera Chorus 
John McCarthy director 
July 1973, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London 

Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Fritz Reiner conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
May 1962, Orchestra Hall, Chicago 

1962 Grammy® Award, Best Engineered Recording–Classical 

Discs: 1 
Record Label: Sony 
Release Date: August 29, 2011