Strauss: Don Quixote (Piatigorsky & Reiner, 1941)

Описание: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, conductor
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Vladimir Bakaleinikoff, viola
Henri Temianka, violin

Recorded November 15, 1941, in Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Columbia 78-rpm matrices XCO 31823 through XCO 31832. Issued in 1942 as Columbia Masterworks set M-506 (records 11790-D through 11794-D), and in automatic sequence as set MM-506 (records 11795-D through 11799-D).

The sections of Don Quixote, a work in variation form, are as follows:

(0:07) Introduction
(6:03) Theme A: Don Quixote, Knight of the Woeful Countenance
(7:03) Theme B: Sancho Panza
(8:05) Variation 1: Adventure with the Windmills
(10:39) Variation 2: Struggle with the Flock of Sheep
(12:10) Variation 3: Conversation between Sancho and the Don
(19:47) Variation 4: A Procession of Pilgrims
(21:35) Variation 5: Don Quixote's Vigil
(25:51) Variation 6: The Meeting with Dulcinea
(27:02) Variation 7: The Ride Through the Air
(27:57) Variation 8: Voyage in the Enchanted Boat
(29:36) Variation 9: Battle with Two Monks
(30:38) Variation 10: Duel with the Knight of the White Moon
(34:00) Finale: Resignation and Death of Don Quixote

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