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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | 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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| |  | New Year's Concert 2010
Lumbye: | Champagne Galop | Nicolai, C O: | Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor overture | Offenbach: | Die Rheinnixen - 'Overture' | Strauss, E: | Helen Quadrille, Op. 14 | Strauss, J, I: | Der Carneval in Paris, Galopp, Op. 100 (The Carnival in Paris) Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Overture Im Krapfenwald'l, Polka française, Op. 336 Stürmisch in Lieb' und Tanz, Op. 393 Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Wiener Bonbons Walzer, Op. 307 Champagner-Polka, Op. 211 Ein Herz, ein Sinn! - polka-mazurka, Op. 323 Morgenblätter Walzer, Op. 279 Auf der Jagd, Op. 373 An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 | Strauss, Josef: | Frauenherz-Polka Op. 166 |
The annual New Year’s Concert from Vienna, seen by millions on TV worldwide, is the best-known classical concert in the world. Georges Prêtre returns to Vienna’s illustrious Musikverein to conduct a compelling programme that combines adored classics with no less than four intriguing premieres. Idolized in Vienna, the legendary French maestro, Georges Prêtre (who first came to eminence for his recordings with the great Maria Callas) is a leading expert on and interpreter of the music of the Strauss family. “...sparklingly played and witty... this will do more for a hangover than prairie oysters” The Observer, 7th February 2010 | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | HK Gruber: Frankenstein!!
“Gruber himself takes on the rôle of chansonnier with lip-smacking relish. Artmann's witty poems about Dracula, Superman, James Bond, Frankenstein et al are actually performed in English, but sometimes it’s hard to tell, as Gruber rolls his r's extravagantly and has a Viennese accent you could cut with a knife. The BBC Philharmonic pays Gruber's jazz-cum-Sachertorte music with remarkable delicacy... a CD of sumptuous orchestral and compositional virtuosity.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2007 **** “a virtually uncategorizable work, a zanily bedazzling collage of different influences and styles, ranging all the way from bar-room cabaret to operatic declamation … great fun” Classic CD | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Strauss II: Waltzes, Polkas and Marches
Strauss, J, II: | An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Pizzicato Polka Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Sirenen - Waltz, Op. 164 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354 Persischer Marsch, Op. 289 Tausendundeine Nacht, Op. 346 Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 |
recorded in the Concerto Hall of the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, 11-21 January 1988 | |
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| |  | A New Year's Concert: Strauss Waltzes etc
Ivanovici: | The Danube Waves Budapest Strauss Ensemble, Istvan Bogar | Lehár: | Gold und Silber Walzer, Op. 79 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Dittrich | Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 Budapest Strauss Ensemble, Istvan Bogar | Strauss, J, II: | Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Wildner Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Wildner Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Wildner Banditen-Galopp, Op. 378 Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Oliver Dohnanyi Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354 Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Wildner Pizzicato Polka Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 (arr. for male choir) Vienna Mannergesangverein, Johannes Wildner | Waldteufel: | Les Patineurs - Valse, Op. 183 Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Alfred Walter |
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| |  | Gruber - Zeitstimmung
Martin Grubinger (percussion) & HK Gruber (chansonnier) Tonkünstler Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi It has been said about HK Gruber that "throws off labels as fast as pundits can affix them. Neo-romantic, neo-tonal, neo-expressionistic, neo-Viennese: he isn’t any of these things, so much as a sentient composer who keeps responding to whatever musical stimulus, be it highbrow or lowbrow, 12-tone or 7-tone, bitter or sweet, that comes his way." “Gruber performs the Artmann settings himself, in a fruitily rhetorical way that evokes the Viennese cabaret of the pre-war era… Martin Grubinger's performance of the percussion concerto is just as vividly characterised.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2007 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Johann Strauss: Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures
Strauss, J, II: | Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Die Fledermaus Overture Csárdás from the operetta Die Fledermaus Nordseebilder Op. 390 Im Sturmschritt! (At the Double!), Op. 348 Neue Pizzicato-Polka Op. 449 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Der Zigeunerbaron Overture An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 Furioso-Polka quasi Galopp, Op. 260 |
"...direct performances that are an unaffected joy." (Gramophone) “Most of us have got used to period instruments playing Beethoven but 'early music' groups tackling later repertoire still raise eyebrows.
Similarly, the suggestion that there is a good composer named Strauss whose first name is not Richard usually invokes derision.
Both of these sniffy attitudes are bravely challenged by Jos van Immerseel, who penitently writes that 'like many musicians I found Strauss's music a bit cheap. This wasn't the case when I began studying music as a 10-year-old and sightread Strauss waltzes… I liked the music, but the pleasure was short-lived. In the music school where I next studied, it was forbidden to play music by Strauss (or to enjoy anything); Bach and Czerny replaced Strauss on the music desk.
The prejudice against Strauss's “unworthy” music made it impossible for me to appreciate even his orchestral scores.' Aided by a new critical edition published by Bärenreiter, Immerseel's vibrant and ostentatious revisionist approach allows no wilting pretentiousness, but instead the superb Anima Eterna use their period instruments to deliver full-on, gutsy, direct performances that are an unaffected joy.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | |
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| |  | Johann Strauss II Edition, Volume 30
Strauss, J, II: | Fest-Marsch, Op. 49 arr. Babinski) Luisen Sympathie-Klange - Walzer, Op. 81 Alexandrine-Polka francaise, Op. 198 Kammerball-Polka, Op. 230 Attaque-Quadrille, Op. 76 Reiseabenteue-Walzer, Op. 227 Par force! - Polka schnell, Op. 308 Erinnerung an Covent-Garden, Op. 329 Kriegsabenteuer - Polka schnell, Op. 419 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Klug Gretelein - Walzer, Op. 462 |
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| |  | Johann Strauss II: 100 Most Famous Waltzes Vol. 6
Strauss, J, II: | Die Göttin der Vernuft Ouvertüre Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 114 Vom Donaustrande, Op. 356 Cagliostro, Walzer, Op 370 Klipp-Klapp, Galopp, Op. 466 Erinnerung an Covent-Garden, Op. 329 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Gross-Wien, Waltzer, Op. 440 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Hoch Osterreich, Marsch, Op. 371 |
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| |  | Johann Strauss: The Best of Vienna
Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Morgenblätter Walzer, Op. 279 Auf der Jagd, Op. 373 Leichtes Blut, polka schnell, Op. 319 Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 Vergnügungszug, Op. 281 Wiener Bonbons Walzer, Op. 307 Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 Accelerationen, Op. 234 Pizzicato Polka Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 Die Fledermaus Overture Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Banditen-Galopp, Op. 378 Künstlerleben, Op. 316 Persischer Marsch, Op. 289 Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354 |
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