Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Wiener Philharmoniker · Berliner Philharmoniker · Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · London Symphony Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan · Fritz Reiner · Karl Böhm · Sir Charles Mackerras · Wilhelm Furtwängler · Anthony Collins · Erich Kleiber
Friedrich Gulda · Peter Anders · Sena Jurinac · Lisa Della Casa · Maria Reining · Ludwig Weber · and others

CD 1

Metamorphosen

Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Recorded 1947

Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (A Hero’s Life)

Hugo Kolberg, violin
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Recorded 1947

CD 2

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Don Juan, Op. 20

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
(Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
Recorded 1995

CD 3

Burleske for Piano and Orchestra, AV 85

Friedrich Gulda, piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Collins, conductor
Recorded 1954

Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)

Lisa Della Casa, soprano
Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm, conductor
Recorded 1953

Three Songs for Voice and Orchestra

Peter Anders, tenor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
Recorded 1942

Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op. 60
(The Bourgeois Gentleman)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Recorded 1946

CD 4

Der Rosenkavalier (Highlights)
Comedy set to music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Princess von Werdenberg (The Marschallin) — Maria Reining, soprano
Baron Ochs — Ludwig Weber, bass
Octavian — Sena Jurinac, mezzo-soprano

Wiener Philharmoniker
Erich Kleiber, conductor
Recorded 1954