Your favourite Strauss Tone Poems

[johnshade]

favourite? the last three...

Ein Heldenleben
Symphonia Domestica
Eine Alpensinfonie

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If I were allowed to vote again, I would choose without hesitation: Tod und Verklärung, Eine Alpensinfonie, and Ein Heldenleben. Don Quixote and Sinfonia Domestica have also been under my radar over past couple of months and I've really been enjoying those tone poems a lot.

[(poco) Sforzando]

It was the Beethoven Mass in C, the Dona Nobis Pachem at the end is to the same tune as the opening of the Kyrie.

Phew.

Mike

Ah. I always forget about that one; it's never really interested me.

[Brahmsian]

Sinfonia Domestica have also been under my radar over past couple of months and I've really been enjoying those tone poems a lot.

I use to detect Sinfonia Domestica, but have warmed up to it over the last few years.

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I use to detect Sinfonia Domestica, but have warmed up to it over the last few years.

I used to detest Richard Strauss in general but I've warmed up to his music quite a bit over the past year.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

I have great love for Strauss' tone poems (with the exception of Sinfonia Domestica). My top 3 would be Tod und Verklärung, Alpensinfonie and Also Sprach Zarathustra.

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I have great love for Strauss' tone poems (with the exception of Sinfonia Domestica). My top 3 would be Tod und Verklärung, Alpensinfonie and Also Sprach Zarathustra.

My 'Top 3' now would probably be Tod und Verklärung, Don Quixote, and Sinfonia Domestica (a hugely underrated work IMHO).

[Maestro267]

Voted for Tod und Verklärung, Ein Heldenleben and Eine Alpensinfonie, although Domestica was close to being included as well.

[Abuelo Igor]

A very long time ago I read in some book on music theory that any music whiich ended as it started meant that you had not gone anywhere.

How did that reflect on the "Theme and variations" form?

[Scion7]

?  This is a poll - we have an article on Richard Strauss already - wrong section?

[Heck148]

I like most all of them -

certainly Don J, T&D, Till, Also Sprach, Don Q, Heldenleben, Sym Dom, Alpine...
my top three are Don Juan, Also Sprach, Heldenleben, but I do so enjoy the others as well.

[knight66]

How did that reflect on the "Theme and variations" form?

Oh, it was silent on that. I recall that the Alpine Symphony was specified and dismissed with a comment about going up the mountain then marching down again, supposedly also reflecting the technical aspects of the musical journey.

Anyway, that critic is probably dead by now and I still listen with huge pleasure to The Alpine.

Mike