Release Date: 30 September 2003
Label: Marco Polo
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 636943525326
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: STRAUSS I, J.
Description
Johann Strauss Snr Edition Vol. 3[1] Es ist nur ein Wien! Walzer, Op. 22 (There is only oneVienna! Waltz)For his benefit ball in the Chain-Bridge ballroom, which washeld on 17th February 1829, Johann Strauss wrote his first tribute to hisnative city, the Es ist nur ein Wien! waltz. It is very simply orchestrated forflute, two clarinets, two horns, one trumpet, percussion, two violins, viola,and bass. The structure too is uncomplicated with six waltzes of sixteen oreight bars, one following another, with only the third waltz in three parts,with the third part exceptionally having ten bars. The energetic 43-bar coda isvery effective. There is an apt title-page for the piano edition, published byTobias Haslinger on 27th May 1829, with a silhouette of Vienna, with its towersrising up to the sky, and the hills of the Vienna woods, Kahlenberg andLeopoldsberg, clearly recognisable.There are pleasing motifs that give this declaration of lovefor his native city a particular charm. The strings provide a pizzicatoaccompaniment to the Viennese melody of the first waltz, followed by the otherparts varying in mood from the high-spirited and somewhat elegiac to motifsreminiscent of Landler.In the performance of the waltz it can clearly be heard thatthe period of grinding out short motifs in triple time was past. CertainlyJohann Strauss had not yet discovered the definitive form of the waltz. Hisfriend and now often his rival Joseph Lanner, whom Strauss was to supersede inOctober 1829 at the Sperl, a famous establishment much respected for its musicdirectors, was also not yet at that point. Nevertheless the development of thesimple dance into an art work had begun and would lead to internationallyacclaimed results and to the master-works of the Strauss family and Lanner.Perhaps it can be said that Es ist nur ein Wien! stands at the beginning of thespread of Austrian music beyond national borders and to the world.[2] Hirten-Galoppe, Op. 28 (Shepherd Galop)Johann Strauss composed his Shepherd Galop for a largerensemble. He wrote parts for one flute, one oboe, two clarinets, two horns, onebassoon, two trumpets and one trombone. The work was written either during thecarnival or in the summer of 1829. In these months Johann Strauss was againmusic director at The Two Pigeons and at The Chain-Bridge. From October 1829 hewas music director at the then already famous Sperl, a position he held, with ashort interruption, until his death in 1849. The appearance of the pianoedition of the work was announced in the Wiener Zeitung on 20th November 1829and of course it was included in the collection Favourite Galops for the Piano.Strauss had not taken too much trouble over this galop.After the first part, consisting of twice eight bars, which is repeated, comesa simple but very effective trio, also with eight bars twice. The slightlyvaried finale of 32 bars offers a brilliant conclusion. It is not hard toimagine how the dancers romped through the ball-room to these tunes.[3]
Tracklisting
Walter Hofbauer; Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice ; Marek Stilec
SLOVAK STATE PO:POLLACK
Nuremberg Phil Chor/Kvso
Danubius Quartet
Walter:Budapest Strauss Symp O
Various Artists
New Budapest Quartet:Prunyi
Duarte:Slovak Radio Symphony
