Strauss: Don Quixote by Strauss, od (2017/2017), Dyrygent Vasily Petrenko, Konserthus, Oslo, Norwegia

Strauss' Don Quixote In works like Don Quixote Richard Strauss distributed liberally his phenomenal skills for orchestra colour and inventive melodies. One of Strauss’ (1864-1949) foremost talents as a composer was his ability to paint musical portraits of characters or events, or to create a particular mood, using an exceptionally rich and inventive orchestra palate. The tone poem was a genre which suited him perfectly, and in works like Don Quixote (1897) he was able to distribute liberally his phenomenal skills for orchestra colour and inventive melodies. The cello soloist represents Don Quixote himself and in Strauss’ work the fantasies seem to appear as life-like as they do for the protagonist himself.