Orc Nat De Lille/Casadesus - Strauss:Ein Heldenleben

The tone poems of Richard Strauss's early career represent a remarkable extension of the ideas of Liszt and Wagner, and the autobiographical Ein Heldenleben exceeds its predecessors in terms of its demands on the orchestra. Its intricately interwoven sections create a single symphonic movement depicting heroism, love, and ultimately peace. Alb�ric Magnard became a French national hero when he died defending his home at the outbreak of World War I. The Chant fun�bre was written in memory of his father. This recording celebrates both the 40th anniversary of the Orchestre National de Lille and the 50th year of its founder Jean-Claude Casadesus's career. Founded In 1976 by Jean-Claude Casadesus, the Orchestre National de Lille has become an integral part of cultural activities at the heart of the R�gion Nord-Pas-de Calais. Additionally, the orchestra has played in over thirty countries on four continents, and returned to China for the third time in 2014. Jean-Claude Casadesus' more than thirty recordings have been hailed by both critics and the public, as have his two books, Le plus court chemin d'un coeur � un autre (Stock, 1997) and La partition d'une vie (Editions �criture, 2012). He is President of the Musique Nouvelle en Libert� association and is also director of the Lille Piano Festival.