Strauss Family: Favourite Dances

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Label
Marco Polo
Release Date
October 30, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      STRAUSS, JOSEF STRAUSS FAMILY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Wildner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 30, 2012
    • UPC
      636943535325
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8225353
    • LABEL
      Marco Polo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    2. Geheime Anziehungskrafte, Waltz, Op. 173, "Dynamiden"

      Composer: Josef Strauss

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    3. Annen-Polka, Op. 117

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    4. Jokey Polka (schnell), Op. 278

      Composer: Josef Strauss

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    5. Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), Waltz, Op. 325

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    6. Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), Polka, Op. 324

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    7. Un ballo in maschera, Quadrille, Op. 272

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    8. Auf Ferienreisen!, Polka, Op. 133

      Composer: Josef Strauss

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    9. An der schönen, blauen Donau (The Beautiful Blue Danube), Waltz, Op. 314

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    10. Champagner-Polka, Op. 211

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    11. Radetzky March, Op. 228

      Composer: Johann Strauss I

      Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner


T he 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 Ander schenen 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). After positions as Chief Conductor of Prague State Opera and First Permanent Conductor of Leipzig Opera, Johannes Wildner was the General Music Director of the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia (Germany) for ten years from 1997. His years of experience as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra have given his conducting a distinctive stamp.