Prices shown exclude VAT. (UK tax is not payable for deliveries to United States.) See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Romantic Overtures - Vol. 4: Overtures of Old Vienna
During the 1950s, 60s and 70s, Decca recorded a number of albums with some of its key conductors of Overtures. Many of these were singled out by the press for their terrific sound quality (the fabled ‘Decca Sound’) and for their often adventurous programming. Some of them also included entr’actes and intermezzi. Prized as collectors’ items, many of the original LPs exchange hands at high prices. And most of these reissues, in Decca Eloquence’s ‘Romantic Overtures’ series appear in CD, in part or whole, for the first time. Romantic Overtures – Volume 4 is a Viennese celebration with a violinist / conductor synonymous with the waltz and everything that was echt-nineteenth century Vienna: Willi Boskovsky. Boskovsky had a lengthy association with Decca, conducting for them not only a volley of ‘New Year’ recordings of waltzes, polkas and marches by the Strauss Dynasty, but also the music of Mozart, and much chamber music too, with the Vienna Octet. At the centre of this collection is his fabled LP ‘Overtures of Old Vienna’, and it goes on to include other overtures recorded as part of his New Year albums, all of it extremely stylish and ‘of the age’, as it were. “This is an enchanting record … performed by musicians who have loved this music almost from birth. […] Boskovsky loses nothing in dramatic momentum [in Donna Diana] – the big tune surges superbly – and gains much in rhythmic lift on the triplet rhythms and unexpected syncopations. […] The recording quality of this disc, made of course in the Sofiensaal, is nothing less than breathtaking … and one is astounded still more by the Decca engineers’ combination of clarity, richness and immediacy even in the biggest ensembles.” Gramophone Magazine (Donna Diana, Prinz Methusalem, Opernball, Lustigen Weiber) “This record is an absolute “must” for all lovers of the authentic operetta and dance music of Vienna” Gramophone Magazine (Cagliostro, Spitzentuch) “Vivid performances given a spectacular recording” Penguin Guide (Donna Diana, Prinz Methusalem, Opernball, Lustigen Weiber) | 
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| |  | New Year's Concert 2008 (DVD)
Hellmesberger: | Kleiner Anzeiger - Galopp, Op. 4 | Lanner: | Hofball-Tänze (Court Ball Dances), Op. 161 | Strauss, J, I: | Pariser Walzer, Op. 101 Versailler Galopp, Op. 107 Damen-Souvenir-Polka, Op. 236 Chineser-Galopp, Op. 20 | Strauss, J, II: | Napoleon-Marsch, Op. 156 (1854) Indigo und die Vierzig Rauber: Overture Freut euch des Lebens Waltz, Op. 340 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Russischer Marsch Die Pariserin - Polka francaise, Op. 238 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 | Strauss, Josef: | Dorfschwalben aus Österreich - waltz, Op. 164 Laxenburger Polka, Op. 60 Die Libelle - Polka mazur, Op. 204 |
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| |  | New Year's Concert 2008 (CD)
Hellmesberger: | Kleiner Anzeiger - Galopp, Op. 4 | Lanner: | Hofball-Tänze (Court Ball Dances), Op. 161 | Strauss, J, I: | Pariser Walzer, Op. 101 Versailler Galopp, Op. 107 Damen-Souvenir-Polka, Op. 236 Chineser-Galopp, Op. 20 | Strauss, J, II: | Napoleon-Marsch, Op. 156 (1854) Indigo und die Vierzig Rauber: Overture Freut euch des Lebens Waltz, Op. 340 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Russischer Marsch Die Pariserin - Polka francaise, Op. 238 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 | Strauss, Josef: | Dorfschwalben aus Österreich - waltz, Op. 164 Laxenburger Polka, Op. 60 Die Libelle - Polka mazur, Op. 204 |
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| |  | Johann Strauss II: 100 Most Famous Waltzes Vol. 8
Strauss, J, II: | Indigo und die Vierzig Rauber: Overture Es gibt nur a Kaiserstadt, 's gibt nur a Wien, Polka, Op. 291 Nachtfalter, Op. 157 Tik-Tak Polka, Op. 365 Nordseebilder Op. 390 Freikugeln-Polka, Op. 326 Seid Umschulungen, Millionen, Waltz, Op. 443 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Morgenblätter Walzer, Op. 279 Postillon d'amour, Op. 317 (Polka francaise) Russischer Marsch |
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| |  | Johann Strauss II: 100 Most Famous Waltzes Vol. 2
Strauss, J, II: | Blindekuh Overture - Maskenball-Quadrille, Op. 384 Abschied von St. Petersburg, Walzer, Op. 210 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354 Figaro-Polka francaise, Op. 320 Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Demolirer-Polka, Op. 269 Wiener Bonbons Walzer, Op. 307 Burschenwanderung, Op.389 Indigo und die Vierzig Rauber: Overture |
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| |  | Johann Strauss II Edition, Volume 48Complete Overtures Vol. 1
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| |  | J. Strauss II: Famous Overtures
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| |  | J. Strauss II: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches And Overtures, Vol. 2
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| |  | The Strauss Collection
Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Overture Lagunen-Walzer Op. 411 Tik-Tak Polka, Op. 365 Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Auf der Jagd, Op. 373 Künstlerleben, Op. 316 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Indigo und die Vierzig Rauber: Overture Wo die Zitronen blühen, Op. 364 Pizzicato Polka Tausendundeine Nacht, Op. 346 Fledermaus-Quadrille, Op. 363 Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Morgenblätter Walzer, Op. 279 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Karneval in Rom: Overture Mephisto's Hollenrufe, Waltz, Op. 101 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 Karnevals-Botschafter, Waltz, Op. 270 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Seid Umschulungen, Millionen, Waltz, Op. 443 Vergnügungszug, Op. 281 Wiener Bonbons Walzer, Op. 307 |
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