Summary: "R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie" Strauss’ penchant for "music as life" type pieces wholly justifies this Alpine Symphony, but one has to acknowledge that he was probably thinking about Mahler's death when he wrote it (or, at any rate began it); the very end, with the orchestra developing the thick sound of darkness and as the marching theme lays down and goes to sleep can be very moving that way (also, the cowbells were a further hat tip).Details at our archive page @ https://archive.org/details/01RichardStraussEineAlpensinfon [First Time on our Podcasting Channel]
