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| | Amazon.com: Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan / Karajan: Music: Richard Strauss,Herbert von Karajan,Berliner ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Unfortunately, due to its fame, the very familiar introduction of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" overshadows other wonderful sections of Strauss' grand tone poem, including the waltz-like "Tanzlied." Although the introduction is (of course) played with appropriate grandeur and majesty, Karajan and the Berliners make the rest of this work equally memorable. |
 | | Also worth the price of the recording is the "Dance of the Seven Veils" from Strauss' infamous opera "Salome," another favorite of Karajan's. |
 | | As for the music itself, Zarathustra is one of the most evocative and fascinating of the orchestral works of Strauss, from the famous opening to the transcendent fury to come to the hushed, meditative polytonal ending, contrasting the two keys representing man and nature. |
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