Karajan: Waltzes & Polkas

1. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), overture to the operetta (RV 503-1)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

2. An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

3. Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

4. Perpetuum Mobile (Perpetual Motion), Ein musikalischer Scherz, for orchestra, Op. 257 (RV 257)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

5. Künstler-Leben (Artists' Life), waltz for orchestra, Op. 316 (RV 316)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

6. Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 333 (RV 333)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

7. Sphärenklänge Waltzes for orchestra, Op 235
Composed by Josef Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

8. Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 324 (RV 324)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9. Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), overture to the operetta
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

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Average customer rating: Essential Strauss, beautifully performed, and a bargain

Johann Strauss, Josef Strauss: Waltzes & Polkas Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, etc / Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Beethoven: Symphonie No. 8; Ouvertüren Fidelio, Leonore III, Coriolan Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Dvorák: Symphonie No. 9; Smetana: Moldau Ravel: Bolero; Debussy, Mussorgsky / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ASIN: B000001GHJ Release Date: 1993-05-11

Tracks:

1. Tales From The Vienna Woods Op. 325 - Waltz
2. The Hunt Op. 373: Polka schnell
3. Pizzicato-Polka
4. Thunder And Lightning Op. 324: Polka schnell
5. Vienna Blood Op. 354: Waltz
6. The Blue Danube Op. 314: Waltz
7. Emperor Waltz Op. 437: Waltz
8. Annen-Polka Op. 117: Polka
9. Chit-Chat Polka Op. 214: Polka
10. Delirium Op. 212: Waltz
11. Perpetuum mobile Op. 257: Musical Joke

Customer Reviews:

Essential Strauss, beautifully performed, and a bargain.......2005-09-05

Karajan was Austrian, and however far from home he roamed, to his dying day he never lost his touch with Johann Strauss. This is one of his analog collecitonns of Struass waltzes--all the old goodies--and it couldn't be better. I would rate this one of my desert island choices.

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Best of New Year's Concert Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Best of New Year's Concert ASIN: B0002UNQFY Release Date: 2004-11-09

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Johann Strauss: Waltzes & Polkas - Vienna Woods/Blue Daube/Emperor Waltz/Thunder & Lightning Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B00000E3YL

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Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 2 & 5/Mephisto Waltz/Fantasia On Hungarian Folk Melodies Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000001G8H Release Date: 1991-01-18

Tracks:

1. Mephisto Waltz
2. Fant on Hungarian Folk Melodies - Shura Cherkassky
3. Hungarian Rhap No. 5
4. Hungarian Rhap No. 2

Average customer rating: Strauss is rescued from the ashes of post-war Vienna

Johann Strauss, Josef Strauss: Waltzes & Polkas Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009NDKT6 Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. An Der Schonen, Blauen Donau
2. Wiener Blut
3. Pizzicato-Polka
4. Kaiser-Walzer
5. G'schichten Aus Dem Wienerwald
6. Perpetuum Mobile
7. Wien, Weib Und Gesang-Walzer
8. Leichtes Blut - Polka
9. Spharenklange-Walzer
10. Transaktionen-Walzer
11. Delirien-Walzer
12. Unter Donner Und Blitz - Polka
13. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka

Customer Reviews:

Strauss is rescued from the ashes of post-war Vienna.......2006-07-29

Many unsuspecting buyers won't notice the tiny print on the back of this CD announcing that it's in mono, and only when you get to the program book is it revealed that these recordings date from 1946-49. In fact, the famed British record producer Walter Legge had just discovered Karajan living with four other people in a cramped apartment in 1946. Within months they entered the studio to make the Blue Danube Waltz heard here. It's a little scarppy and undernourished, but who can wonder? The musicians walked thorugh rubble to get to the hall.

The identical program was available on EMI's "Karajan Edition" series; this probably isn't a new remastering. One needs a little patience to get used to the mono sound, but I find it quite listenable. The orchestra plays with its legendary style in Johann Strauss, but don't expect the finest execution. The second number, Wiener Blut, which dates from 1949, has much better sound, and the orchestra's mood has lightened consderably. If you're interested in the link between music and history, this CD is a must-listen, but even if you aren't, Karajan leads one of the most beautiful and assured of historical Strauss recordings.

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J. Strauss: Waltzes; Etc. [Germany] Karajan , and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Manufacturer: Meisterwerke ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000C8XI0 Release Date: 2006-05-04

Average customer rating: A great collection by the greatest Strauss conductor.

Karajan: Waltzes & Polkas Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002ST4 Release Date: 2001-03-06

Customer Reviews:

A great collection by the greatest Strauss conductor........2002-10-15

Herbert von Karajan was one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, but -- great though he was -- I often preferred other conductors in much of his repertoire. But where music of the Strauss family was concerned Karajan was without peer. Willi Boskovsky was very good in this repertoire, but Karajan was the greatest. And on this CD Karajan conducts the greatest Strauss orchestra of all: the Vienna Philharmonic -- an orchestra which seemingly has the Strauss idiom in its blood. This CD contains several of Johann Strauss II's greatest works, including The Fledermauss and Gypsy Baron overtures and Blue Danube, Emperor, and Tales from the Vienna Woods waltzes plus other works. As a bonus treat it includes Music of the Spheres, the greatest waltz composed by Josef Strauss, the very talented younger brother of Johann II, and a genuine masterpiece. This CD is outstanding.

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Ball in Vienna / Waltzes & Polkas J. Strauss , and Karajan Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000026FP3 Release Date: 1993-01-12

Average customer rating: absolute must buy His Death at Thirty-three was a Tragic Loss for Music Lovers the Romanian master They don't make them like this anymore Good and Not Good

Dinu Lipatti Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Lipatti, Dinu | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Barcarolles | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: William Kapell Maurizio Pollini I (Great Pianists of the Century) - Chopin / Debussy / Liszt / Schumann / Stravinsky / Webern (2 CDs) Maria João Pires Ivan Moravec Grigory Ginsburg ASIN: B00000DI2Z Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

1. Partita In B Flat, BWV 825: Prelude
2. Partita In B Flat, BWV 825: Allemande
3. Partita In B Flat, BWV 825: Courante
4. Partita In B Flat, BWV 825: Sarabande
5. Partita In B Flat, BWV 825: Menuets I & II
6. Partita In B Flat, BWV 825: Gigue
7. Piano Sonata In A Minor, KV 310: Allegro maestoso
8. Piano Sonata In A Minor, KV 310: Andante cantabile con espressione
9. Piano Sonata In A Minor, KV 310: Presto
10. Waltzes, Op.39: No. 6 in C sharp
11. Waltzes, Op.39: No. 15 in A flat
12. Waltzes, Op.39: No.2 in E
13. Waltzes, Op.39: No. 1 in B
14. Waltzes, Op.39: No. 14 in G sharp minor
15. Waltzes, Op.39: No. 10 in G
16. Waltzes, Op.39: No. 5 in E
17. Waltzes, Op.39: No. 6 in C sharp (Da capo coda)
18. Piano Sonata in B minor, Op.58: Allegro maestoso
19. Piano Sonata in B minor, Op.58: Scherzo. Molto vivace
20. Piano Sonata in B minor, Op.58: Largo
21. Piano Sonata in B minor, Op.58: Finale. Presto non tanto
22. Barcarolle in F sharp, Op.60 - Chopin
23. Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso - Ravel

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: Allegro affettuoso
2. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: Intermezzo. Andante grazioso
3. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: Allegro vivace
4. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: Allegro molto moderato
5. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: 2. Adagio
6. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: 3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso
7. Impromptu In G Flat, D. 899 No. 3
8. Impromptu In E Flat, D. 899 No. 2
9. Nocturne In D Flat, Op. 27 No. 2
10. 'Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring'

Customer Reviews:

absolute must buy.......2003-09-24

lipatti is unique in ways no other pianist is... his refined musical line brings an effortless lyricism to every piece he plays. superb technique made everything sound so easy

His Death at Thirty-three was a Tragic Loss for Music Lovers.......2003-05-14

I agree with all of what Alejandra Vernon says in her customer review. But I note that she doesn't comment about the performance of the Chopin Third Piano Sonata. I had recently been comparing various recordings of this wonderful sonata, and kept coming back to Lipatti's version. The sound is not necessarily the best - although it's quite good for its time - and I had to boost the bass slightly. I like the warmth of Rubinstein, and the non-rhetorical ease of Anton Kuerti (on the Analekta label), but I keep coming back to Lipatti. His phrasing, his unhurried sense of the overall architecture, particularly in the slow movement which is spun out slowly and inexorably, are very convincing to me. Both my analytical mind and my unexamining heart are convinced by his playing.

I must also add that I love the Brahms Waltzes, played with Nadia Boulanger, at least partly because that legendary teacher recorded so very little. They sing the waltzes as with one voice.

And, finally, I treasure the 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' in the famous arrangement by Dame Myra Hess. A desert island recording.

Highly recommended.

Scott Morrison

the Romanian master.......2003-03-07

The sensitivity and beauty of Dinu Lipatti's playing has for me, never been equalled. With flawless technique and extraordinary phrasing, he seemed to capture the core essence, the soul of the music. Born in 1917, he came from a musical family and his godfather was the composer George Enescu. A child prodigy, he started recording when he was 20, and the excerpts from the Brahms Waltzes, Op. 39 on disc 1, tracks # 10-17, are from that period, and he plays the original four-hand version, with his teacher Nadia Boulanger.
The rest of the selections on this stupendous compilation are from the years 1947 through 1950, the last being the Schubert Impromptus (disc 1, # 7-8), from a live recording of his final concert in September, at the Besancon Music Festival. One would never imagine, listening to these two beautiful pieces, that he was in excruciating pain from the leukemia that would take his life three months later.

The Schuman Concerto is given a spirited performance, with Herbert Von Karajan at the helm, and on the melodic Grieg Concerto, Alceo Galliera conducts. I marvel at Lipatti's interpretation of the Grieg Concerto, which sounds as though he is "breathing new life" into it, even though it was recorded over 55 years ago.
My favorite pieces are the Mozart Sonata in A minor, the Bach Partita in B flat, and the sublime Bach/Hess "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", which to quote from the multi-language liner notes is "Three minutes in musical paradise".
the total time on disc # 1 is 78'42, and disc # 2, 77'18.

They don't make them like this anymore.......2001-07-27

Dinu Lipatti's entry in the Great Pianists of the 20th Century is a stunning example of a style of piano playing that one rarely hears any more. Despite whatever physical troubles Lipatti must have been having as the result of his illness, the primary emotion he conveys in his work is a sheer joy of playing the instrument. This is not necessarily piano playing for those who want to dwell on period performance technique or broad artistic interpretation. However, if clean and concise articulation, bravura when the music calls for it (such as in the Ravel and the Grieg), and poetry (the Chopin Etude is the most beautiful version of this piece I've ever heard), these discs will appeal to you. In his performance of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," Lipatti recorded as beautiful an epithat as could be imagined

Good and Not Good.......2001-03-22

Hey, the Grieg concerto is not that bad after all, it's just the Schumann. 1st, Personally I do not like that concerto very much, and second, Karajan is guilty of bogging Lipatti down with his heavy-handed conducting (This is not the first time i've heard Karajan do something like this. He bogged down Richter in the Tchaikovsky 1st concerto, released by DG.)But the Chopin B minor Sonata is truly up and up there among the greatest ever recorded, with Gilels(Great Pianists series), Moiseiwitsch(Pearl)(ok..this was not very accurate, but who cares?), Argerich (EMI The Legendary 1965 Chopin Recordings)and Sequeira Costa (VMF, Live in Bulgaria 1996). Highly recommended, except the Schumann

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Best of Classics: Strauss, Johann.- " Waltzes (EMI 74311) ". ProductGroup: Classical Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002DG770

Product Description

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Willi Boskovsky; Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan An der schonen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), Op. 314; Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South), Op. 388; Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410; Tausend und eine Nacht (A Thousand and One Nights), Op. 346; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), Op. 325; Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), Op. 437; Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), Op. 333; Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), Op. 354

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