Few orchestral pieces demand precision engineering as much as Richard Strauss’s ‘An Alpine Symphony’. The Decca recording by Sir Georg Solti and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra was made in 1979, one of the last Decca analogue productions before the switch to digital. Solti knew Strauss personally and studied the composer’s own recording before taping this uniquely authentic performance in Munich.

The new audiophile vinyl series DECCA PURE ANALOGUE presents iconic recordings from the Decca and Philips archives in a whole new sound quality. The renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered in 100% analogue quality (AAA) using technologies developed specially for the series.

Each release in the series is pressed on 180g heavyweight virgin vinyl records and presented in deluxe gatefold editions, with original artwork and liner notes, with additional photos and facsimiles of the tape boxes and recording documentation. Furthermore, each hand-numbered 

limited-edition release includes a new essay by Dominic Fyfe, Label Director of Decca Classics and Rainer Maillard (EBS) detailing the history of the recording and the technical background and procedure for the release.

Tracklisting:

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Side 1

1.  I. Nacht
2. II. Sonnenaufgang
3. III. Der Anstieg
4. IV. Eintritt in den Wald – V. Wanderung neben dem Bache
5. VI. Am Wasserfall
6. VII. Erscheinung
7. VIII. Auf blumige Wiesen
8. IX. Auf der Alm
9. X. Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen
10. XI. Auf dem Gletscher

Side 2

1. XII. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke – XIII. Auf dem Gipfel
2. XIV. Vision
3. XV. Nebel steigen auf
4. XVI. Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich
5. XVII. Elegie
6. XVIII. Stille vor dem Sturm
7. XIX. Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg
8. XX. Sonnenuntergang
9. XXI. Ausklang
10. XXII. Nacht