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Work: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30

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ComposerStrauss, Richard (1864-1949)
PeriodRomantic
Year1896
Work typeOrchestral
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GlasgowAlso sprach Zarathustra

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Mahler, Howard, Barber, Strauss R.
Big Noise Govanhill; Alexander Shelley; James Ehnes; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

BirminghamKazuki conducts Strauss

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Strauss R.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Jonathan Kelly

ParisBayerisches Staatsorchester

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Rachmaninov, Ravel, Ligeti, Strauss R.
Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Vladimir Jurowski; Hélène Grimaud
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Sublime Burleske in the Sydney Symphony's Strauss concert

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Three very different works from the long life of Richard Strauss are performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young.
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Coats of many colors: Pappano returns to the Boston Symphony

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Pappano leads a masterful program of protean compositions by Hannah Kendall, Strauss and Liszt, joined by Jean-Yves Thibaudet. 
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Tanglewood fellows impress in Strauss, Beethoven and Ives

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Andris Nelsons and Emanuel Ax find inspiration working with their young colleagues on an idyllic Sunday in the Berkshires. 
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UnknownOpera North's isolation odyssey: Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Strauss R.: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
Orchestra of Opera North; Tobias Ringborg
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