Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra / 45rpm GOLDENOTE PRODUCTION

GN RECORDS - MASTER CLASSIC - LP 12” 45rpm

- Remastered from original master tape

- DMM technology – 180gram virgin vinyl

- 500 numbered copies

One of the first “sound spectaculars” RCA Victor issued was this historic recording by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.

Released in 1954, it was widely acclaimed as a triumph of art and science. Also sprach Zarathustra, with the subtitle “Freely composed after Friederich Nietzsche,” was first written and

performed in 1896, intended as his homage to the genius of Nietzsche, which found its greatest exemplification in his book, Thus Spake Zarathustra.

Of the performance and Fritz Reiner’s conducting, immortalized here on this LP, The Chicago Tribune wrote: “when he stands...with a Strauss score incandescent at his fingertips, no wise man stays at home.”

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Fritz Reiner

Track list

A1. Sunrise

A2. Of The People Of The Unseen World

A3. Of Joys And Passions

A4. Of The Great Longing

A5. Dirge

A6. Of Science

B1. The Convalescent

B2. The Dance Song

B3. The Song Of The Night-Wanderer