Most Famous Waltzes, Polkas and Marches

~ Release by Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Blue Danube, Waltz, Op. 314 Johann Strauss II 9:28
2 Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II & Josef Strauss 2:33
3 Roses from the South, Waltz, Op. 388 Johann Strauss II 8:26
4 Egyptian Match, Op. 335 Johann Strauss II 3:54
5 Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 Johann Strauss II 11:16
6 Village Swallows from Austria, Waltz, Op. 164 Josef Strauss 3:46
7 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 Johann Strauss II 2:48
8 Viennese Blood, Waltz, Op. 354 Johann Strauss II 8:29
9 Persian March, Op. 289 Johann Strauss II 2:00
10 1001 Nights, Waltz, op. 346 Johann Strauss II 8:23
11 Voice of Spring, Waltz, Op. 410 Johann Strauss II 6:09
12 Perpetuum mobile: Musical Joke, Op. 257 Johann Strauss II 3:06

Credits

Medium 1

premiered in:
Wien, Austria (1867-02-15) (track 1)
Berlin, Germany (1889-10-21) (track 5)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, “Walzerkönig”, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (tracks 3–4, 7–9)
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, “Walzerkönig”, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (1861) (track 12)
Josef Strauss (composer) (1864) (track 6)
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, “Walzerkönig”, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (1866) (track 1)
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, “Walzerkönig”, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (1869) (track 2)
Josef Strauss (composer) (1869) (track 2)
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, “Walzerkönig”, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (1871) (track 10)
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, “Walzerkönig”, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (1882) (track 11)
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, “Walzerkönig”, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (1889) (track 5)
conductor:
Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (tracks 1–12)
orchestra:
Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (tracks 1–12)
performer:
Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (track 12)
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer) (1988-01) (tracks 1–12)
phonographic copyright by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (1988) (tracks 1–12)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (tracks 1–12)
part of:
Works of Josef Strauss by opus number (number: op. 164) (track 6)
Works of Josef Strauss by opus number (number: op. 234) (track 2)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 214) (track 7)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 257) (track 12)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 289) (track 9)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 314) (track 1)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 335) (track 4)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 346) (track 10)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 354) (track 8)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 388) (track 3)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 410) (track 11)
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 437) (track 5)
arrangements:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (catch-all for arrangements) (track 1)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314 (for piano, by Cziffra) (track 1)
Blue Danube (Trapeze) (track 1)
Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 (catch-all for arrangements) (track 11)
Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 (for piano, arr. Alfred Grünfeld) (track 11)
Kaiser-Walzer (for chamber ensemble, Schönberg) (track 5)
Perpetuum Mobile (Comedian Harmonists arrangement) (track 12)
Perpetuum Mobile, op. 257 (catch-all for arrangements) (track 12)
Perpetuum Mobile, op. 257 (for two pianos, Steuermann) (track 12)
Perpetuum mobile (for brass band, Snell) (track 12)
Rosen aus dem Süden (for chamber ensemble, Schönberg) (track 3)
Tausend und eine Nacht, op. 346 (catch-all for arrangements) (track 10)
Tritsch Tratsch Polka (arr. Hennessy, Holshuysen) (track 7)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (for piano, arr. Cziffra) (track 7)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, op. 214 (catch-all for arrangements) (track 7)
Tritsch–Tratsch Polka, op. 214 (for brass, Richards) (track 7)
美しく蒼きガンジス河 (track 1)
is the basis for:
3. Juni 1899 (track 1)
An der schönen blauen Donau (Comedian Harmonists version) (track 1)
Arabesques on "An der schönen, blauen Donau" (track 1)
Blue Danube Fantasy: A New Account of the Blue Danube Waltzes (track 1)
Improvisation über den Walzer "An der schönen blauen Donau" (track 1)
Parafraas valsist "Ilusal sinisel Doonaul" (track 1)
Red Danube (track 1)
Schani's Jubilee (track 3)
The Blue Danube (Spike Jones version) (track 1)
The Otherwise Very Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz (track 1)
later translated versions:
Le beau Danube bleu (track 1)
Rêves de printemps (track 11)
Valse de l'Empereur (track 5)
later versions:
River of Light (track 1)
Sweet Wings of Love (“Blue Danube”) (track 1)
Voci di Primavera (version with solo voice; “Frühlingsstimmen” in Italian) (track 11)
recording of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 1)
Dorfschwalben aus Österreich, op. 164 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 6)
Egyptischer Marsch, op. 335 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 4)
Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 11)
Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 5)
Perpetuum mobile, op. 257 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 12)
Persischer Marsch, op. 289 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 9)
Pizzicato-Polka, op. 234 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 2)
Rosen aus dem Süden, op. 388 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 3)
Tausend und eine Nacht, op. 346 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 10)
Tritsch–Tratsch Polka, op. 214 (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 7)
Wiener Blut, op. 354 (waltz) (1988-01-11 – 1988-01-21) (track 8)
referred to in medleys:
Comedy in Music, Part II (track 1)

Release

liner notes:Keith Anderson (Naxos related liner notes writer)
copyrighted by:HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (1993)