{"product_id":"richard-strauss-herbert-von-karajan-berliner-philharmoniker-metamorphosen-tod-und-verklarung","title":"Richard Strauss • Herbert Von Karajan • Berliner Philharmoniker – Metamorphosen • Tod Und Verklärung","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"102\"\u003eRichard Strauss • Herbert von Karajan • Berliner Philharmoniker – \u003cem data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"102\"\u003eMetamorphosen • Tod und Verklärung\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"104\" data-end=\"399\"\u003eA profoundly moving pairing of late Romantic intensity and orchestral transcendence, this recording brings together two of Richard Strauss’s most emotionally charged works under the masterful direction of Herbert von Karajan with the Berliner Philharmoniker at their most refined and expressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"741\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"416\"\u003eMetamorphosen\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds as an elegy for 23 solo strings, a long-breathed meditation of grief and reflection written in the shadow of World War II. Its continuous structure evolves through shifting textures and harmonic tension, culminating in a deeply contemplative return to its opening idea—fragile, resigned, and devastatingly beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"1067\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"791\"\u003eTod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)\u003c\/em\u003e is Strauss at his most cinematic and philosophical, tracing the final hours of an artist’s life from mortal struggle through fevered visions to ultimate transcendence. Karajan draws out every surge and swell of the score, balancing intensity with luminous orchestral clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1246\"\u003eTogether, these works form a powerful statement on memory, mortality, and release—rendered with the precision and emotional weight only this legendary collaboration can deliver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1248\" data-end=\"1262\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1248\" data-end=\"1262\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1316\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1314\"\u003eMetamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings (26:08)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-start=\"1317\" data-end=\"1401\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1o5cgv7\" data-start=\"1317\" data-end=\"1401\"\u003eAdagio, ma non troppo – Agitato – Più allegro – Adagio, tempo primo – Molto lento\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1579\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1471\"\u003eTod und Verklärung, Op. 24 – Tone Poem for Large Orchestra (25:24)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1474\"\u003e2. Largo – Allegro molto agitato – Etwas breiter – Tempo I. Sehr breit – Allegro molto agitato – Moderato\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1579\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-BPoooavVXg?si=JgF8RoT5GJdLK071\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deutsche Grammophon Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53206822191446,"sku":"410 892-2","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/1013\/7686\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_c95370c7-56fa-4204-a979-94198c9b5333.jpg?v=1776868481","url":"https:\/\/www.sounds-grounds.co.uk\/products\/richard-strauss-herbert-von-karajan-berliner-philharmoniker-metamorphosen-tod-und-verklarung","provider":"Sounds + Grounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}