Strauss: Tone Poems & Other Works, Barenboim (6-CD)

Across six discs, Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra present late-Romantic masterpieces, including the tone poems of Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler’s colossal Symphony No. 5, and stunning works by Arnold Schoenberg.

Strauss Don Quixote
Samuel Magad violin
Charles Pikler viola
John Sharp cello
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Strauss Don Juan
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1990, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks), Op. 28
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1990, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Strauss Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Op. 40
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1990, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Strauss An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1992, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1992, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Mahler Symphony No. 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1997, Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Waltraud Meier mezzo-soprano
Siegfried Jerusalem tenor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1994, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Schoenberg Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11
Daniel Barenboim piano

Schoenberg Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1994, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Schoenberg Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
Daniel Barenboim piano

Discs: 6
Record Label: Warner Classics
Release Date: 2012