Bernard Chasan remarks that Richard Strauss' Alpensymphonie is...

>...  almost universally discounted as empty and overblown.  I think that
>this is wrong, and that the orchestral textures are of remarkable beauty
>and power.  De gustibus ...

Around here, in Strauss Country, the Alpensymphonie is held in pretty high
esteem.  As Bernard Chasan claims, it does have power--and in my opinion
is superbly orchestrated.  Anyway, I'm very comfortable with it, much more
comfortable than with, say, the Domestika.  For my money, though, Struass
has a firmer grip, more elegant way, with opera than he does with
instrumental music.

Denis Fodor                     Internet:[log in to unmask]