Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegel; Tod und Verklärung

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Free Music Review: Blomstedt And The San Francisco Symphony At Their Very Best
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Blomstedt and the orchestra shine in all three works--"Also Sprach Zarathustra"; "Death And Transfiguration"; and "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks." The wit of "Eulenspiegel" is bought out quite well by the orchestra; and the metaphysical beauty of "Transfiguration" is something truly to behold, with a very poignant conclusion. And the orchestra doesn't miss a trick with "Zarathustra", which had become a staple of the classical repertoire after director Stanley Kubrick's cagey use of the opening sequence in his 1968 sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. For all the talk about the much-vaunted 1954 recording by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony, this "Zarathustra" recording matches and, arguably, even exceeds it.

The recording marked the end of this ten-year orchestra/conductor combine in which the San Francisco Symphony had become one of America's best, and Blomstedt one of the finest conductors working today. Pick it up; you won't be sorry that you did.

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