Robin Ticciati, Principal Conductor of the DSO Berlin, has just released an album that couples two tone-poems, Don Juan and Tod und Verklärung, with the six songs, Op 68, often called the Brentano songs, sung by Louise Alder. As Ticciati rehearsed at Glyndebourne for the much reduced 2020 season, James Jolly caught up with him to talk about the new album.

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And listen to the Strauss album here: