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About Donald Runnicles, Conductor Sir Donald Runnicles has built his reputation on enduring relationships with several of the world’s most significant opera companies and orchestras over his 45-year career. He is especially celebrated for his interpretations of Romantic and post-Romanic repertoire, which are core to his musical identity. The 2025/26 season marks both his final season as music director of Deutsche Oper Berlin (since 2009), as well as his first season as the chief conductor of the Dresdner Philharmonie. He also serves as music director of the Grand Teton Music Festival, and as the principal guest conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Chief artistic leadership roles include the San Francisco Opera (1992–2008), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (2009–16), Orchestra of St. Luke’s (2001–07), and principal guest conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (2001–23).
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‘Strauss’s lushly romantic scores will delight sweet-toothed listeners, especially in such intelligent and captivating interpretations. The very accomplished orchestra and its charismatic conductor are captured in exemplary sound.’ – MusicWeb International
‘The performance by JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, again beautifully recorded, really hits the spot and does full justice to the special melodic sound- world of Strauss. The words opulent and passionate readily spring to mind.’ – MusicWeb International
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‘Perfectly rehearsed and cleverly realised on stage, Tobias Kratzer’s staging for the Deutsche Oper Berlin uses Rainer Sellmaier’s sparse but to the point designs… the orchestral interludes show the virtuoso orchestra in the pit.’ – BBC Music Magazine
‘This recording celebrates both the 40th anniversary of the Orchestre National de Lille and the 50th year of Jean-Claude Casadesus’s career. Ein Heldenleben is rather French then German, refined and relaxed, replacing the big and opulent sound by transparency, fine nuances and contrast.’ – Pizzicato
‘Closely listened to, they prove full of ingenuity and character – Strauss’s as much as Couperin’s. And the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under Jun Märkl deliver them with the gravity, levity, intensity, serenity and energy they variously invite, in a clear and concert-like recorded perspective.’ – BBC Music Magazine
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