Violinist Renaud Capuçon pays homage to one of his favourite composers with a compilation of chamber and orchestral works from the innovative late-Romantic soundworld of Richard Strauss. Set for release digitally and on 3 CDs, the album is bookended by a new recording of the youthful Violin Concerto, which Capuçon performs with the Wiener Symphoniker and Petr Popelka, and a reading of Ein Heldenleben from 2000, in which the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester was led by Capuçon and conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Renaud has also chosen to include the Violin Sonata, Piano Quartet, Sextet from Capriccio and string septet arrangement of Metamorphosen, as well as the Daphne-Etude for solo violin.
“As leader of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, I got completely immersed
in Strauss’s amazing music. I realise now it was such a privilege”
Renaud Capuçon
On the chamber works, he collaborates with other musicians such as pianist Guillaume Bellom, viola player Paul Zientara and cellist Julia Hagen, among others.
The newest album by Renaud Capuçon is released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) and is now available on all platforms.
