Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
by Fritz Reiner
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1954
- Label: RCA Victor
- Country: United States
- Length: 33:56
- Community rating: 4.55/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra made the first stereophonic recording of Strauss's tone poem at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, in a session produced by John Pfeiffer and engineered by Leslie Chase. The performance was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2012.
Genres
Descriptors: majestic, orchestral, virtuosic, monumental, classic
Tracklist
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Introduction (1:51)
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Of Those in Backwaters (3:45)
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Of the Great Longing (2:04)
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Of Joys and Passions (2:20)
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: The Song of the Grave (1:56)
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Of Science (3:50)
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: The Convalescent (5:23)
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: The Dance Song (7:59)
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Song of the Night Wanderer (4:43)