Richard Strauss - Suite aus dem Ballett 'Schlagobers' (Fabien Gabel)

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Composer: Richard Strauss

1. Suite aus dem Ballett «Schlagobers» op. 70: In der Konditorküche, Marsch
2. Suite aus dem Ballett «Schlagobers» op. 70: Tanz der Teeblüte
3. Suite aus dem Ballett «Schlagobers» op. 70: Tanz des Kaffees, Träumerei
4. Suite aus dem Ballett «Schlagobers» op. 70: Schlagoberswalzer
5. Suite aus dem Ballett «Schlagobers» op. 70: Einzug der Prinzessin – Tanz der Prinzessin, Walzer
6. Suite aus dem Ballett «Schlagobers» op. 70: Tanz der kleinen Pralinees, Springtanz, Galopp
7. Suite aus dem Ballett «Schlagobers» op. 70: Menuett, Pas de deux
8. Suite aus dem Ballett «Schlagobers» op. 70: Finale, Allgemeiner Tanz

Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich

Fabien Gabel, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Tonkunstler Orchestra

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Schlagobers (Whipped Cream), Op. 70, is a ballet in two acts with libretto and music by Richard Strauss, composed in 1921–22 and premiered at the Vienna State Opera on 9 May 1924. During his tenure as co-director of the Vienna State Opera with Franz Schalk (1919–1924), Strauss aimed to revitalize the institution’s ballet company in the difficult period following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He engaged choreographer Heinrich Kröller and collaborated on several ballet projects, including revisions and adaptations of earlier and borrowed music. The most ambitious of these was Schlagobers, unveiled as part of the official celebrations marking Strauss’s sixtieth birthday.

Fabien Gabel (born 1975) is a French conductor who began his musical career as a trumpeter, studying at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. After performing with leading Paris orchestras under major conductors, he turned to conducting, gaining international attention by winning the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in 2004 and serving as Assistant Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He later held music directorships in Québec and with the Orchestre Français des Jeunes. Currently Music Director of the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Gabel maintains a major international career, is known for imaginative programming, and was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2020.

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