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Default Zarathustra SACD/DSD

On 5/11/21 5:20 AM, Chris K-Man wrote:
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 3:40:20 AM UTC-4, John Williamson wrote:
On 10/05/2021 23:19, Chris K-Man wrote:
On Monday, May 10, 2021 at 10:03:27 AM UTC-4, John Williamson wrote:
On 10/05/2021 13:14, Chris K-Man wrote:
On Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 7:01:11 AM UTC-4, wrote:

The 1954 recording by Reiner conducting Chicago Symphony is considered by many to be the standard to which others are measured.

I wonder if that's the version that was used in the score for '2001: A Space Odyssey'

Not according to Imdb.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Music by Richard Strauss
Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker (uncredited)
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan (uncredited)

Kubrick and Clarke used commercial recordings for the music track, as
they had run out of money for a realm orchestral sound track. As it
happened, it worked very well.

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Tciao for Now!

John.
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Do we have a year for that version? 1960s?

It took me almost a minute to find out that Karajan and the Wiener
Philharmoniker only issued one recording of that piece.
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Tciao for Now!

John.

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Original analog 1974, might be the version on this CD: https://www.amazon.com/Strauss-Sprac.../dp/B000001GQT

2001: came out in 1968 in theaters, so Karajan must have performed
exclusively for Kubrick before then.

As for the OP: No need to source a SACD of Also Sprach. Only of benefit
to dogs! See CD above.


That's the Berlin orchestra. Here's the Vienna performance used in 2001,
recorded 1959:

https://www.amazon.com/Strauss-sprac.../dp/B00004C8TF

Yes, there's a Japanese SHM-SACD.

The version on the MGM soundtrack album, Karl Bohm/Berlin, wasn't used
in the movie. Alex North's rejected soundtrack has also been recorded.