Para este poema sinfónico en forma de doble concierto, Jean-Guihen Queyras y Tabea Zimmermann, un dúo picaresco, interpretan al Caballero Triste y a su escudero Sancho Panza.
Richard Strauss
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello by Gioffredo Cappa, 1696, on loan from Mécénat Musical Société Générale
Tabea Zimmermann, viola by Étienne Vatelot, 1980
François-Xavier Roth, conducting
Gürzenich-Orchester
Don Quixote, Op. 35
Introduzione. Mässiges Zeitmass
Thema. Mäßig (Don Quixote, Knight of the Doleful Countenance) – Maggiore (Sancho Panza)
Variation I. Gemächlich (The adventure with the windmills)
Variation II. Kriegerisch (The battle with the sheep)
Variation III. Mäßiges Zeitmaß (Dialogue between knight and squire)
Variation IV. Etwas breiter (The adventure with the pilgrims)
Variation V. Sehr langsam (The knight’s vigil)
Variation VI. Schnell (The meeting with Dulcinea)
Variation VII. Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher (The ride through the air)
Variation VIII. Gemächlich (The voyage in the enchanted boat)
Variation IX. Schnell und stürmisch (The contest with the supposed enchanters)
Variation X. Viel breiter (The duel with the Knight of the White Moon – The defeated Don Quixote’s journey home)
Finale. Sehr ruhig (Death of Don Quixote)
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Romanze for Cello and Orchestra, TrV. 118
Fuente: Nota de prensa de Harmonia Mundi