Description
Having given us the rousing marches, sprightly polkas, and yearning waltzes of Benjamin Bilse (777341-2), the West German RSO in Cologne, under its conductor Christian Simonis, now treats us to the foot-tapping music of Richard Eilenberg.This once extremely popular composer was a trailblazer in salon and entertainment music, and his character pieces remained well-known favourites for decades. This CD opens with the galopp Cürassier Attaque and ends with a piece that constantly delights listeners, his ever-popular Petersburg Sleigh Ride.