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wrote the Mercure de France in April 1788
This recording is the first in a new series and an absolute must for the lovers of jazz in i
the Berliner Philharmoniker
Lloyd Armstrong
once again
Strauss/ Urbanski/ Ndr Elbphilharmonie Orch - Also Sprach Zarathustra AEC Video wrote the Mercure de FranceIs 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
