Jessye Norman - Tennstedt conducts Strauss featuring Jessye NormanExtraordinary soprano Jessye Norman is the star at the heart of this live performance from the London Philharmonic Orchestra archives, recorded in 1986 under the baton of Principal Conductor Klaus Tennstedt. Norman brings her warmth to this tender and personal collection of songs by Richard Strauss, while the blistering final scene from Salome shows her at her most powerful and dazzling. Strauss's suite, comprised of incidental music written for

and drops of effervescence distilled from his countenance

whom he met in 1861: 'To translate Wagner's ideas of Beauty and Truth to smaller forms has been my aim in all my later compositions

but I loved the song

killing him instantly

A fluid expression of the funkier side of soul-jazz

Thomas Rimul has been the conductor from the start

30 Amp Fuse

now finally available on CD

His jazz/blues artistry is present on the songs "Jackass Blues

it is hoped these new transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn will bring his small but priceless legacy of piano recordings to a wider audience

The album has been recorded at StreetRec Studio (Como

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