Captured live in a gripping concert event dated 30 August 1964, at a point in time many consider the prime of his career or something very close to it, Herbert von Karajan here offers a dazzlingly powerful display of his mastery in music of Richard Strauss, specifically two of the composer's great tone poems, Don Quixote, op. 35 and Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30. He is ably aided by his soloists Rudolf Streng, violist, member of the Vienna Philharmonic, founding member of the reformed Barylli Quartett active during the decade of the 1950s, and later to be heard in the Vienna Philharmonic String Quartet, and French cellist Pierre Fournier, one of the greatest at his instrument in the 20th c., known as the Incharistocrat of cellistsInch in his lifetime for his lyricism and refinement. The Vienna Philharmonic, by this time fully rejuvenated from it's wartime decline, is in superb shape. In addition, von Karajan's Vienna recordings are treasured productions in a voluminous discography otherwise dominated by the Philharmonia and Berlin recordings. Album Tracks 1. Introduktion - Thema Don Quixote, Der Ritter Von Der Traurigen Gestalt. Sancho Pansa 2. Variation I. Das Abenteuer Mit Den Windmühlen 3. Variation II. Siegreicher Kampf Gegen Das Heer Des Großen Kaisers Alifanfaron 4. Variation III. Gespräch Zwischen Ritter Und Knappe 5. Variation IV. Unglückliches Abenteuer Mit Der Prozession Von Büßern 6. Variation V. Don Quixotes Waffenwache Und Herzensergüsse 7. Variation VI. Die Verzauberte Dulcinea 8. Variation VII. Der Ritt Durch Die Luft 9. Variation VIII. Unglückliche Fahrt Auf Dem Verzauberten Nachen 10. Variation IX. Der Kampf Gegen Vermeintliche Zauberer 11. Variation X. Zweikampf Mit Dem Ritter Vom Blanken Monde 12. Finale Don Quixotes Tod 13. Introduktion 14. Von Den Hinterweltlern 15. Von Der Großen Sehnsucht 16. Von Den Freu