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Dancing in Vienna

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Details

Composer
Johannes Brahms, Richard Heuberger, Johann Strauss II, Robert Stolz, Josef Strauss, Eduard Strauss
Artist
Philharmonic Concert Orchestra I
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Aug 15, 2025
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0708
UPC
748871070820

About

SOMM Recordings celebrates the wealth of popular concert music produced in Vienna in the 19th and early 20th centuries with a release called Dancing in Vienna, an exhilarating collection of waltzes to set your feet tapping. The Philharmonic Concert Orchestra is led by the versatile Scottish conductor, Iain Sutherland, whose previous, wide-ranging collaborations with SOMM have received enthusiastic critical response: "strong and trenchant, often exhilarating, never sentimental, " Gramophone; "getting pretty much everything right, every nuance and subtle rhythm, " Amazon USA. Einzi Stolz, widow of one of the last masters of Viennese light music, Robert Stolz, wrote to Sutherland, "You have a Viennese heart with the golden arm for Viennese music." Robert Stolz's rousing march, Greetings from Vienna, opens this collection, which also includes his Viennese Cafe Waltzes. Dominating the light music programmes of Vienna for almost a century was the Strauss family-Johann I and his three sons Johann II, Josef, and Eduard. They composed dances and conducted their own orchestras for all the grand balls and concerts almost every day of the week in Vienna, as well as all over the world. Among the works by Johann Strauss II included here is his famous Emperor Waltz, commissioned in 1889 for a state visit by Emperor Franz-Joseph I of Austria-Hungary to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Reflecting the rise of popular Hungarian gypsy music at the time is his Salute the Magyars polka, along with the Trisch Trasch, Thunder and Lightning, and Champagne polkas, and the overture to his operetta masterpiece, Die Fledermaus. Johann II was the most famous of the family of musicians, though he once said of his younger brother, Josef Strauss, that he was "the more gifted of us two; I am merely the more popular..." From Josef Strauss we have the Chatterbox Polka, Dragonfly Polka-Mazurka, Jockey Polka (incorporating the international trumpet call marking the opening of the racing season), the Feuerfest! Polka to celebrate the Wertheim company's 200, 000th fireproof safe, and the beloved Pizzicato Polka, on which he collaborated with popular brother. The youngest of the Strauss brothers, Eduard Strauss, was better recognized as a dance music conductor than as a composer. Still, this release includes his Clear Track Polka, heralding the opening of a new railway company in 1869. Johannes Brahms greatly admired the melodic genius of Johann Strauss II. Their respect was mutual, and Strauss often included his good friend's Hungarian Dances on his programmes. This present collection includes Nos. 1, 5, and 6 from Brahms's collection of 21 dances. The lesser-known composer, author, and musical administrator Richard Heuberger is represented on this CD of Dancing in Vienna by the overture to his light opera, The Opera Ball.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Gruss aus Wien, Op. 898 03:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Gruss aus Wien, Op. 898
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Robert Stolz
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  2. 2 Der Opernball: Overture 07:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    Der Opernball: Overture
    Duration
    07:58
    Composer
    Richard Heuberger
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  3. 3 Plappermäulchen, Polka schnell, Op. 245 03:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    Plappermäulchen, Polka schnell, Op. 245
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Josef Strauss
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  4. 4 Die Libelle, Polka mazurka, Op. 204 04:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    Die Libelle, Polka mazurka, Op. 204
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Josef Strauss
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  5. 5 Bahn frei!, Op. 45 02:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    Bahn frei!, Op. 45
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Eduard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  6. 6 Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), Op. 437 11:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), Op. 437
    Duration
    11:49
    Composer
    Johann Strauss II
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  7. 7 Jokey Polka (schnell), Op. 278 01:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    Jokey Polka (schnell), Op. 278
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Josef Strauss
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  8. 8 Pizzicato-Polka 02:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    Pizzicato-Polka
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  9. 9 Eljen a Magyar!, Op. 332 02:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    Eljen a Magyar!, Op. 332
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Johann Strauss II
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  10. 10 Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor (orch. J. Brahms) 03:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor (orch. J. Brahms)
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  11. 11 Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (orch. A. Parlow) 02:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (orch. A. Parlow)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  12. 12 Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D-Flat Major (orch. A. Parlow) 03:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D-Flat Major (orch. A. Parlow)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  13. 13 Feuerfest! Polka francaise, Op. 269 03:11
    Track
    13
    Title
    Feuerfest! Polka francaise, Op. 269
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Josef Strauss
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  14. 14 Tritsch-Tratsch, Op. 214 02:58
    Track
    14
    Title
    Tritsch-Tratsch, Op. 214
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Johann Strauss II
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  15. 15 Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), Schnell-Polka, Op. 324 03:20
    Track
    15
    Title
    Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), Schnell-Polka, Op. 324
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Johann Strauss II
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  16. 16 Wiener Cafe 05:53
    Track
    16
    Title
    Wiener Cafe
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Robert Stolz
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  17. 17 Die Fledermaus: Overture 09:14
    Track
    17
    Title
    Die Fledermaus: Overture
    Duration
    09:14
    Composer
    Johann Strauss II
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland
  18. 18 Champagner-Polka, Op. 211 02:30
    Track
    18
    Title
    Champagner-Polka, Op. 211
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Johann Strauss II
    Ensemble
    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Iain Sutherland