Gerard Schwarz - MacBeth - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The three works in this programme reflect different aspects of Strauss's compositional life. The tone-poem MacBeth, written between 1888 and 1891, offers a grippingly taut narrative. The Dance of the Seven Veils from the 1905 opera Salome is one of it's most exciting and intoxicating moments. Towards the end of his life, facing the ruin wrought by World War II, Strauss took inspiration from Goethe and wrote Metamorphosen, one of the most moving of all twentieth-century works. Album Tracks 1. MacBeth, Op. 23, TRV 163 00 19 15 Salome, Op. 54, TRV 215 Dance of the Seven Veils 2. Salome, Op. 54, TRV 215 Dance of the Seven Veils 00 10 17 Metamorphosen, TRV 290 3. Metamorphosen, TRV 290 00 32 18