"For this 2019 release, Dausgaard conducts the Seattle Symphony in the Prelude to Antichrist, presenting it as an appetizer for Strauss' monumental score, which dominates the program. Both composers are associated with the post-Romantic aesthetic, though Langgaard's music was also strongly colored by the modern innovations of Carl Nielsen, while Strauss appears as nothing less than himself, a larger-than-life master of the orchestra, whose music is instantly recognizable. Because Nietzsche's ideas are no longer essential to appreciate the music, listeners may listen to Eine Alpensinfonie with little concern for its underlying program, and relish the magnificent orchestration on its own terms. Meanwhile, Langgaard's prelude may inspire the curious to seek out Dausgaard's 2006 release of the complete opera on Da Capo"