When Neeme Järvi recorded his Strauss cycle with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in the 1980s, he omitted the 1914 ballet Josephslegende, depicting the attempted seduction of Joseph by Potiphar's wife. It was unsuccessful in Strauss's lifetime and remained an unknown quantity for decades after. But recent years have seen a reappraisal, and Järvi has now added it to his extensive discography. He offers a considered, low-key interpretation, ultra-refined in detail, scrupulously played, and particularly good when it comes to Strauss's depiction – sometimes described as awkward – of Joseph's chaste nobility. Elsewhere, his restrained approach cramps the pervasive atmosphere of psychosexual tension, so superbly captured by Fischer in his astonishing Budapest Festival Orchestra version for Channel Classics, which remains the benchmark.