Roth Swr Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden - Complete Tone Poems (CD) - CD

Details: While composers like Schumann and Brahms held fast to the classical concept of the symphony, it was composers of the New German School, such as Wagner and Liszt, who preferred the tone poem as a modern means of expression for orchestral music. It tries to convey non-musical topics, like legends, tales, myths, and sometimes novels, in musical terms: programme music in it's best sense....