| "Manny, Strauss wrote some very difficult trumpet parts. Can you rate the relative difficulty of each of his famous works?"
I can only speak to the orchestral works. His operas are among some of the trickiest writing there is as well as physically demanding.
Alpine Symphony has the greatest physical demands and Don Quixote follows for the demand of versatility. Ein Heldenleben and Symphonia Domestica, are even in my eyes. Death and Transfiguration and Don Juan should be thrown in as well to that group as slightly easier on the face.
Zarthustra is only difficult because of the legend that accompanies it. Those are the ones everyone knows. There are other less played works that can give one fits.
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