Richard Strauss/ Jansons - Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie & Tod und VerklarungAt the age of just fifteen, the budding composer Richard Strauss (1864 1949) lost his way during a summer hike on the Heimgarten in the Bavarian Alps, and ended up in a thunderstorm. The next day, he fantasized about the experience on the piano. Twenty years later, that memory had matured into a concept describing a one day hike in the form of a symphonic poem, and in 1915 a further fifteen years later Strauss finally completed his masterpiece. The

"The ABC's Of Love"

Wind & Fire) label Kalimba Music

also features guest appearances by Tove Lo

generally hard-driven à la Mravinsky but far more convincingly poised

at other times it can be a full orchestra

Alongside the featured artists

underscoring the works calming

This incredibly ambitious and exciting debut album closes with 'Like Tears In Rain'

which moved Tolstoy to tears

Leif Segerstam - Slavonic Dances

his teacher and elder friend- with whom he not only shared an outstanding musical talent but also an Eastern European Jewish family background- called him Lenyusha

Ensemble Mare Nostrum - La Forza Delle Stelle