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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Strauss Family: Favourite Dances
Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | Der Zigeunerbaron Overture Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Champagner-Polka, Op. 211 Un ballo in maschera-Quadrille, Op. 272 An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 | Strauss, Josef: | Auf Ferienreisen - Polka schnell, Op. 133 Dynamiden - Waltz Op. 173 Jockey Polka, Op. 278 |
The Strauss family was one of music’s greatest dynasties. In this glittering disc, we hear such classics as the Radetzky March of Johann Strauss I, and his son, Johann Strauss II’s overture to Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), one of the enduring masterpieces of the Viennese concert repertoire. The irresistibly exciting Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning) offers thunderous delight, whilst An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube) is one of the most unforgettable melodies ever written. Strauss the Elder’s second son, Josef, was an outstanding composer in his own right, as demonstrated by the frenzy of excitement that is the Jokey-Polka (Jockey-Polka). The works by Johann Strauss II have been performed following the New Complete Edition Johann Strauss (Strauss Edition Wien) “the disc is a very satisfying concert. If this is Johannes Wildner’s audition for a future New Year’s in Vienna, he’s put in a very convincing case...The Annen-Polka is all delicate sweetness and reveals Wildner’s knowledge of how to lend this music real poetic worth. The big numbers like the Radetzky March in no way let down the side” MusicWeb International, March 2013 | | | (also available to download from $8.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Strauss: Waltzes, Marches and Polkas
Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 Accelerationen, Op. 234 Persischer Marsch, Op. 289 Leichtes Blut, polka schnell, Op. 319 Künstlerleben, Op. 316 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 arr. Max Schonherr Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 Auf der Jagd, Op. 373 Sphärenklänge, Waltz, Op. 235 arr. Max Schonherr Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 Fledermaus-Quadrille, Op. 363 Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354 Napoleon-Marsch, Op. 156 (1854) | Strauss, Josef: | Delirien Waltz, Op. 212 |
Herbert von Karajan was a master of the Strauss style. Here for the first time are all three of his Strauss recordings from the early 1980s – beautifully conceived programmes of waltzes, polkas and marches, including all the favourites – compiled together in a generous 2-CD set. | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Barbirolli Viennese Album
Lehár: | Gold und Silber Walzer, Op. 79 Recorded 30-31 December 1966, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO | Schubert: | Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great' Recorded 2-3 June 1964, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO | Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 orch: Jacob. Recorded 30-31 December 1966, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO | Strauss, J, II: | An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Recorded 30-31 December 1966, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Recorded 30-31 December 1966, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO Der Zigeunerbaron Overture Recorded 30-31 December 1966, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Recorded 30-31 December 1966, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO Champagner-Polka, Op. 211 Recorded 30-31 December 1966, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes Recorded 30-31 December 1966, Kingsway Hall, London STEREO | Suppe: | Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien Overture Recorded 28-29 June 1957, Free Trade Hall, Manchester STEREO Pique Dame Overture Recorded 28-29 June 1957, Free Trade Hall, Manchester STEREO Die Banditenstreiche Overture Recorded 28-29 June 1957, Free Trade Hall, Manchester STEREO Dichter und Bauer Overture Recorded 28-29 June 1957, Free Trade Hall, Manchester STEREO Leichte Kavallerie Overture Recorded 28-29 June 1957, Free Trade Hall, Manchester STEREO Die schöne Galathée Overture Recorded 28-29 June 1957, Free Trade Hall, Manchester STEREO |
In the Free Trade Hall, at Belle Vue and in the Royal Albert Hall the Viennese Nights were occasions which gave intense musical pleasure and also had a remarkable atmosphere of bonhomie. Sir John could relax, but he never relaxed his artistic standards and he treated the waltzes and polkas as masterpieces of their kind which demanded and deserved top rank treatment. His recording sessions on 30 and 31 December 1966 included Johann Strauss II’s Blue Danube waltz, Perpetuum mobile and Gypsy Baron overture and Johann Strauss I’s Radetzky March in Gordon Jacob’s orchestration. To these are added Strauss II’s cork-popping Champagne Polka and the Thunder and Lightning Polka. No Barbirolli Viennese evening would be complete, of course, without Lehár’s Gold and Silver waltz (1902), performed with especial sumptuousness. From the 1957 Pye sessions come six items by Franz von Suppé, the Austrian composer and conductor of Belgian descent who sealed in Vienna in 1835 where five years later he became third conductor at the Theater in der Josefstadt. In 10 years there, he wrote over twenty scores, including Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna, in which he proved himself in the line of Johann Strauss I. He moved to the Theater an der Wien in 1845 as one of its chief conductors for the next 17 years, after which he went to Kaitheater in 1862 and the Carltheater in 1865 where he remained until his retirement in 1882. His Queen of Spades overture was for a one-act comic operetta, first staged in Berlin, and The Jolly Robbers (Banditenstreiche) for yet another in 1867. Perhaps his best-known and most popular pieces are the Light Cavalry overture and the Poet and Peasant overture. Of all his stage works, only Boccaccio is seen with any regularity today, although he was regarded in his lifetime as Vienna’s answer to Offenbach. But the overtures survive and are ideal Barbirolli Viennese material. The other Strauss in this album is the German, Richard. He is represented by Barbirolli’s suite of waltzes from his most popular opera Der Rosenkavalier which Barbirolli often conducted with the Covent Garden touring company in the 1930s. Sir John never conducted this particular compilation in the concert-hall although he often conducted a suite, probably arranged by Artur Rodzinski, which includes the Presentation of the Rose and the trio in orchestral disguise and can be heard on ‘Barbirolli at the Opera’ (SJB1004). It is interesting to note that Strauss himself made only arrangements of the waltzes for concert performance. Barbirolli recorded this rarity of his own in the December 1966 sessions for Columbia Studio 2. Sir John made two recordings of Schubert’s Great C major Symphony, the first in December 1953 (Barbirolli Society SJB1020) and the second (issued here) in June 1964, also for HMV. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Berliner Philharmoniker: Night of Dances & RhapsodiesLive Recording from The Waldbühne Berlin, 1994
Brahms: | Hungarian Dance No. 5 | Enescu: | Romanian Rhapsody in A major, Op. 11 No. 1 | Lincke: | Berliner Luft March | Liszt: | Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor | Schubert: | Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' arranged Liszt Mikhail Rudy (piano) | Smetana: | The Bartered Bride Overture | Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Overture Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes | Suppe: | Leichte Kavallerie Overture |
Based on the amphitheatre in the ancient Greek city of Epidaurus, and nestled in a natural valley, the Waldbühne theatre seats 22,000 in leafy comfort and remains one of Berlin‘s favourite open air concert venues, with magnificent views of the stage. World class conductors lead the Berlin Philharmonic in evening concerts of popular favourites. At the Waldbühnen concert in 1994, the Berlin Philharmonic put a programme together under the heading ‚A Night of Dances and Rhapsodies‘, which presented the works of central European composers. The dance and folk pieces of music from the 19th century, which the orchestra performed under the baton of Mariss Jansons, emphasised the different styles and trends from this musically significant era. Sound Format: PCM STEREO, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Picture Format: 4:3 DVD Format: DVD 9, PAL Running Time: 101 mins FSK: 0 Region Code: 0 Worldwide available excluding USA/CA, Japan | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Andre Rieu: Forever Vienna
Lehár: | Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) Viljalied (from Die lustige Witwe) | Ravel: | Boléro | Shostakovich: | Jazz Suite No. 2 - Waltz No. 2 | Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Der Zigeunerbaron Overture | Strauss, Josef: | Auf Ferienreisen - Polka schnell, Op. 133 |
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| |  | Daniel Barenboim - New Year’s Concert 2009
Haydn: | Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell': 4th movement first performance at a New Year’s Concert | Hellmesberger: | Valse espagnole first performance at a New Year’s Concert | Strauss, J, I: | Zampa-Galopp, Op. 62a first performance at a New Year’s Concert Radetsky March, Op. 228 Encore | Strauss, J, II: | Eine Nacht in Venedig Overture first performance at a New Year’s Concert Märchen aus dem Orient. Walzer, Op. 444 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Saat und Ernte Schnell-Polka, Op. 159 first performance at a New Year’s Concert Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Freikugeln-Polka, Op. 326 Der Zigeunerbaron Overture Der Zigeunerbaron: Einzugsmarsch Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418 Alexandrine-Polka francaise, Op. 198 first performance at a New Year’s Concert Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 So ängstlich sind wir nicht! - Polka, Op. 413 Encore An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Encore So ängstlich sind wir nicht! - Polka, Op. 413 Ballet Extra Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Ballet Extra | Strauss, Josef: | Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 Ballet Extra |
The New Year's Concert in Vienna has been a glorious tradition for over six decades. A best-selling classical event year on year, the concert has unique global appeal. It is broadcast on TV and radio to over 50 countries, and is viewed by tens of millions of people all over the world. The 2009 New Year's Day Concert will be conducted by the Argentinean-Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim for the first time. From 1991-2006 Barenboim was the principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and since 1992 has been the General Music Director of the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin. Barenboim's debut with the Vienna Philharmonic took place in 1989, and he has since been a regular guest. In 1999, Barenboim and the late Palestinian academic Edward Säid founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, in which young musicians from the Middle East and Israel perform together. Among the many awards Barenboim has received, was the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in Vienna in 2006. In September 2007 Barenboim was named as United Nations Peace Envoy. The concert programme for 1st January 2009 will be the customary collection of Viennese delights, with six first time performances. The first part of the concert is inspired by the conductor’s biography. For example, the waltz Märchen aus dem Orient (Tales from the Orient), alludes to a modern “fairy tale” – the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of inter-cultural tolerance. Other first performances in the first half include J. Strauss II’s Schnellpost-Polka (Express Mail Polka) and J. Hellmesberger’s Valse Espagnole (Spanish Waltz). The second part of the concert makes constant allusions to the life and work of Joseph Haydn, culminating with the final movement of Haydn’s Symphony No.45 - 'Farewell Symphony'. This is the first time a work by Haydn has featured in the New Year’s Concert programme, and it will launch a year of events marking the bicentenary of the death of this great Austrian composerwho died in Vienna in May 1809. Other first appearances in the second half of the concert include J. Strauss I's Zampa-Galopp and J. Strauss II’s Alexandrine's Polka. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Daniel Barenboim - New Year’s Concert 2009
Haydn: | Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell': 4th movement first performance at a New Year’s Concert | Hellmesberger: | Valse espagnole first performance at a New Year’s Concert | Strauss, J, I: | Zampa-Galopp, Op. 62a first performance at a New Year’s Concert Radetsky March, Op. 228 Encore | Strauss, J, II: | Eine Nacht in Venedig Overture first performance at a New Year’s Concert Märchen aus dem Orient. Walzer, Op. 444 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Saat und Ernte Schnell-Polka, Op. 159 first performance at a New Year’s Concert Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Freikugeln-Polka, Op. 326 Der Zigeunerbaron Overture Der Zigeunerbaron: Einzugsmarsch Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418 Alexandrine-Polka francaise, Op. 198 first performance at a New Year’s Concert Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 So ängstlich sind wir nicht! - Polka, Op. 413 Encore An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Encore So ängstlich sind wir nicht! - Polka, Op. 413 Ballet Extra Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Ballet Extra | Strauss, Josef: | Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 Ballet Extra |
The New Year's Concert in Vienna has been a glorious tradition for over six decades. A best-selling classical event year on year, the concert has unique global appeal. It is broadcast on TV and radio to over 50 countries, and is viewed by tens of millions of people all over the world. The 2009 New Year's Day Concert will be conducted by the Argentinean-Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim for the first time. From 1991-2006 Barenboim was the principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and since 1992 has been the General Music Director of the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin. Barenboim's debut with the Vienna Philharmonic took place in 1989, and he has since been a regular guest. In 1999, Barenboim and the late Palestinian academic Edward Säid founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, in which young musicians from the Middle East and Israel perform together. Among the many awards Barenboim has received, was the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in Vienna in 2006. In September 2007 Barenboim was named as United Nations Peace Envoy. The concert programme for 1st January 2009 will be the customary collection of Viennese delights, with six first time performances. The first part of the concert is inspired by the conductor’s biography. For example, the waltz Märchen aus dem Orient (Tales from the Orient), alludes to a modern “fairy tale” – the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of inter-cultural tolerance. Other first performances in the first half include J. Strauss II’s Schnellpost-Polka (Express Mail Polka) and J. Hellmesberger’s Valse Espagnole (Spanish Waltz). The second part of the concert makes constant allusions to the life and work of Joseph Haydn, culminating with the final movement of Haydn’s Symphony No.45 - 'Farewell Symphony'. This is the first time a work by Haydn has featured in the New Year’s Concert programme, and it will launch a year of events marking the bicentenary of the death of this great Austrian composerwho died in Vienna in May 1809. Other first appearances in the second half of the concert include J. Strauss I's Zampa-Galopp and J. Strauss II’s Alexandrine's Polka. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Invitation to the Dance
| | Tico Tico Abreu/Oliveira | Bach, J S: | Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Gavotte I & II | Brahms: | Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor | Carli: | El firulete | Dvorak: | Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8 | Kodály: | Dances of Galanta | Mozart: | Divertimento No. 17 in D Major, K334: Minuet Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in D major, K382 | Salgán: | A fuego lento | Sibelius: | Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1 | Strauss, J, II: | Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 | Tchaikovsky: | The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers | Verdi: | Danza del piccoli schiavi mori (from Aida) |
Berlin music lovers know there is no better way of celebrating the New Year than with the Berlin Philharmonic.The concerts sell out instantaly and people all around the world are glued to their screens during the live transmissions. Invitation to the dance is a journey through 300 years of dance which should leave the listener beaming with joy. "There is no one quite like Daniel Barenboim today in the music world. General music director of the Berlin State Opera and its orchestra, the Berlin Staatskapelle; principal guest conductor at the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan; formerly music director of the Chicago Symphony and the Orchestre de Paris; for years a conductor at the Bayreuth and Salzburg festivals; a champion of new music since the 1950s; a chamber musician who has performed with every great singer and instrumentalist in half a century" The New York Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Daniel Barenboim - New Year's Concert 2009
Haydn: | Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell': 4th movement | Hellmesberger: | Valse espagnole | Strauss, J, I: | Zampa-Galopp, Op. 62a Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | Eine Nacht in Venedig Overture Märchen aus dem Orient. Walzer, Op. 444 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Saat und Ernte Schnell-Polka, Op. 159 Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Freikugeln-Polka, Op. 326 Der Zigeunerbaron Overture Der Zigeunerbaron: Einzugsmarsch Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418 Alexandrine-Polka francaise, Op. 198 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 So ängstlich sind wir nicht! - Polka, Op. 413 An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 | Strauss, Josef: | Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 |
The New Year's Concert in Vienna has been a glorious tradition for over six decades. A best-selling classical event year on year, the concert has unique global appeal. It is broadcast on TV and radio to over 50 countries, and is viewed by tens of millions of people all over the world. The 2009 New Year's Day Concert will be conducted by the Argentinean-Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim for the first time. From 1991-2006 Barenboim was the principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and since 1992 has been the General Music Director of the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin. Barenboim's debut with the Vienna Philharmonic took place in 1989, and he has since been a regular guest. The concert programme for 1st January 2009 will be the customary collection of Viennese delights, with six first time performances. The first part of the concert is inspired by the conductor's biography. For example, the waltz Märchen aus dem Orient (Tales from the Orient), alludes to a modern "fairy tale" - the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of inter-cultural tolerance. Other first performances in the first half include J. Strauss II's Schnellpost-Polka (Express Mail Polka) and J. Hellmesberger's Valse Espagnole (Spanish Waltz). The second part of the concert makes constant allusions to the life and work of Joseph Haydn, culminating with the final movement of Haydn's Symphony No.45 - 'Farewell Symphony'. This is the first time a work by Haydn has featured in the New Year's Concert programme, and it will launch a year of events marking the bicentenary of the death of this great Austrian composerwho died in Vienna in May 1809. Other first appearances in the second half of the concert include J. Strauss I's Zampa-Galopp and J. Strauss II's Alexandrine's Polka. “This year, Daniel Barenboim took his first Vienna New Year assignment in 20 years, conducting the city's venerably Philharmonic. It throws up interesting music-making, the conductor's strong romantic streak making him more than usually liable to weave poetic magic from the many lingeringly expressive episodes in the Strauss family's music. Witness, for example, the heady surges of glorious string tone punctuating 'Rosen aus dem Süden'.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | BandstandA musical walk in the park
Strolling along on a Sunday afternoon, we can hear the band in the bandstand playing favourite melodies and musical highlights from the world of stage and screen. Superb musicaians create a sparkling evocation of the world of the brass band. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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