在交響詩《唐吉訶德》裡，傅尼葉與卡拉揚的搭配可說是非常出色。傅尼葉的演奏不但敏銳，而是在適當的時機表達出沉穩的氣氛。最後「終曲與唐吉訶德之死」非常能夠感動人心，卡拉揚指揮下的管弦樂細節十分華麗燦爛，而錄音效果被企鵝評鑑認為是「ＤＧ在一九六六年代最佳的品質」。

Richard Strauss: “Don Quixote“ - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan      
  
Still during, or better, already during Richard Strauss’s life Herbert von Karajan was one of the pioneers who championed with great enthusiasm the oeuvre of the composer from Garmisch. Strauss listened with great satisfaction to a performance by Karajan and afterwards, with a twinkle in his eye, called him a “rascal”. Karajan’s continued devotedness to Strauss’s works knows no comparison. He has left us with a wealth of first-class recordings made over the decades – from crackling shellac right up to the introduction of digital technology.
The “Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character”, or just “Don Quixote“ for short, bring together highly varied contrasts in a complex score. Ten variations, brimming over with pictorial music, relate the dramatic experiences of the “Knight of the mournful countenance” and his rustic squire: their ambling departure into the world, bitter combat and heroic triumph over the giant windmills, and finally understanding and a return homewards from the journey within himself.

Cervantes’ noble subject is treated here to an equally noble musical re-working and a noble performance.