Waltzes and Polkas

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JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Waltzes and Polkas
Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy

[ Sony Essential / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 5 June 2008

"I personally feel that almost all of the material Ormandy committed to disc with the Philadelphians during his association with CBS/Columbia/Sony is worth owning, and this CD of Strauss Waltzes is no exception."
(Amazon.com)

"Stravinsky once said, in one of his "Prince Igor" moments, that Eugene Ormandy was a perfectly good conductor of Johann Strauss. Well his insult was half-right - Ormandy is a good conductor of Strauss' Waltzes, he just also happens to be a great conductor of everything from Bach to Wagner. I personally feel that almost all of the material Ormandy committed to disc with the Philadelphians during his association with CBS/Columbia/Sony is worth owning, and this CD of Strauss Waltzes is no exception. While I'm not a huge waltz fan (I don't own one of those big Boskovsky Boxed Sets - not yet anyway), I do have J. Strauss CDs by Bernstein, Dorati, Kleiber, Reiner and Walter, and the Ormandy is just as vibrant and joyous as any of the previously mentioned collections. I guess the one thing that does separate the Ormandy from the others is that it is the only one available at budget line. So with this title, you can waltz through the night and still have enough money left for drinks."
(Amazon.com)

Tracks:

An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)

Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), waltz for orchestra, Op. 354 (RV 354)

Annen-Polka, for orchestra, Op. 117 (RV 117)

Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), for orchestra, Op. 214 (RV 214)

Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), waltz for orchestra, Op. 325 (RV 325)

Neue-Pizzicato-Polka (New Pizzicato Polka), for orchestra, Op. 449 (RV 449)

Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 410 (RV 410)

Pizzicato Polka for orchestra, Op. 234

Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 324 (RV 324)

Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), waltz for orchestra, Op. 388 (RV 388)

Auf der Jagd (Off to the Hunt), schnellpolka for orchestra, Op. 373 (RV 373)

Tausend und eine Nacht (A Thousand and One Nights), waltz for orchestra, Op. 346 (RV 346)

Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 333 (RV 333)