R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 & Sinfonia domestica, Op. 53
Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
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This is one of the most breath-taking masterpieces of post-Wagnerian German Romanticism and a repertoire in which Karajan and his Berlin Philharmonic are unsurpassed.
In Strauss's great symphonic pieces (largely autobiographical), grandeur and humour blend irresistibly under Karajan's baton. These albums are not to be missed!
