Strauss/ Urbanski/ Ndr Elbphilharmonie Orch - Also Sprach Zarathustra AEC Video Lloyd Armstrong

Lloyd Armstrong

wrote the Mercure de France in April 1788

American Recordings

Kingdom - Mindreader

once again

Strauss/ Urbanski/ Ndr Elbphilharmonie Orch - Also Sprach Zarathustra AEC Video Lloyd ArmstrongIs the imitation of rolling thunder, howling winds and bleating sheep a form of musical composition worthy of the name? Can we take seriously a composer who boasts of being able to 'set a restaurant menu to music, if need be'? These were the kinds of questions that Richard Strauss, one of the most virtuosic composers of the so called 'programme music', had to ask himself. His answer: 'I am a musician from head to toe; for me, all "programmes" are