If the term “inner migration” can fairly describe the mind-set of musicians who chose to remain in Germany during World War II, then Richard Strauss took the ultimate trip. Consider Capriccio, his ...

Love the composer or love the poet? The gorgeous countess Madeleine is courted by both a writer and a composer as her home fills with birthday party-goers and beguiling melody. What happens when the ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. But all these records were of reasonably well-known material. Less well known was the final scene of Capriccio.