Richard Strauss: Jansons Conducts (Br Klassik Audio CD)

*Single release of the 60th anniversary-box

Since 2003, Mariss Jansons has been the Chief Conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. With him, the orchestra has experienced one of the most successful phases in its history, not least through its sixth place ranking in Gramophone magazine’s Best Orchestras in the World list.

“His music has been my constant companion throughout my life and has moved me very deeply time and again”, said Mariss Jansons of Richard Strauss.

The program on this CD comprises three of Strauss’s best-known compositions, starting with the Rosenkavalier Suite then moving on to the colourful spectacle of Till Eulenspiegel all the way to the Four Last Songs. Here, Mariss Jansons brings one of the most celebrated sopranos of recent times together with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

- Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor since 2003 led the Symphonieorchester through one of the most successful phases of its history.

- Three of the most popular works by Richard Strauss.

- Anja Harteros, the celebrated star on the current operatic horizon, as soloist in the Four Last Songs.