Rudolf Kempe's recordings of Richard Strauss have long been prized for their unparalleled clarity and subtlety in music that has come to define the late-Romantic temperament and it's expression of highly strung emotions, whether in a state of Nietzschean exaltation, on the summits of 'Also sprach Zarathustra' or in the post-war despair of 'Metamorphosen'. Strauss loves the complex textures that Kempe and the Staatskapelle Dresden clarify with the utmost skill and sympathy

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Introduction - of the Backworldsmen - of the Great Longing
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: II. of Joys and Passions - the Song of the Grave
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: III. of Science and Learning
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: IV. the Convalescent - the Dance Song - Song of the Night Wanderer
Capriccio, Op. 85, Scene 13: Mondscheinmusik. Andante Con Moto
Don Juan, Op. 20
Salome, Op. 54, Scene 4: Dance of the Seven Veils
Metamorphosen