Richard Strauss was a German composer and conductor, one of the towering musical figures of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears as conductor of his own music, including recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra and Tivoli Orchestra.

Composer-conducted Strauss recordings are historically valuable because they preserve tempo, balance, phrasing and orchestral character from unusually close to the source.

His artist page belongs beside his composer entry. Strauss at the podium offers a direct line into the sound-world he built: gleaming, theatrical and exacting.