Cat No:
CDA67169
Release Date: 01 November 2000
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571171692
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
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Description
Among the public meeting places of nineteenth-century Vienna, the dance hall held a prominent position. According to one's social class or the time of year, the location might be an urban dance hall, a rural open-air gathering, or some grand society location. There the latest dance creations vied for attention with the old favourites. Of the dance styles that prevailed, those that enjoyed the greatest popularity during the period included the waltz, polka and galop. Among the dance-musicians, none rivalled the various members of the Strauss family. Increasingly, their compositions have been perceived to rise above the normal limitations of the dance form, becoming at times miniature tone poems. From the dance halls of Vienna their music spread around the globe, creating a demand which they helped to satisfy with tours of their own. During the 1830s and 1840s, the elder Johann Strauss (1804-1849), the founder of the dynasty, made gruelling trips around Europe by coach. Later, tours by his three sons - Johann the younger (1825-1899), Josef (1827-1870) and Eduard (1835-1916) - helped to develop the family's popularity still further.
Reductions in orchestration were made at that time by the elder Johann in order to meet the demands of smaller ensembles. More recently, a Viennese musicologist has made reductions in a similar style, and it is a selection of such arrangements that The Gaudier Ensemble plays here. -
Tracklisting
- 1. Cachucha-Galopp Op. 97
- 2. Thermen-Walzer Op. 245
- 3. Salon-Polka Op. 161
- 4. Chimerser-Galopp OP. 20
- 5. Tivoli-Rutsch-Walzer Op.39
- 6. Jugendfeuer-Galopp Op. 90
- 7. Eisele- und Beisele Sprunge-Polka Op.137
- 8. Loreley-Rheinklange Op. 154
- 9. nnen-Polka Op. 137
- 10. Liebeslieder-Walzer Op. 114
- 11. Wiener Gemuths-Walzer Op. 116
- 12. Scherz-Polka Op. 72
- 13. Wo Die Zitronen Bluhn Op. 364
- 14. Gitana-Galopp Op. 108
- 15. Exeter-Polka Op. 249
- 16. Seufzer-Galopp Op. 9
Disc 1
Side 1
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Machaut: A lover's death
The Orlando Consort
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Schumann: Violin Sonatas
Alina Ibragimova, Cedric Tiberghien
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War Silence - Rare Italian piano concertos
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
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A monk's life
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
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Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets
Steven Isserlis
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Debussy: String Quartet & Sonatas
The Nash Ensemble
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Unplayed Stories ... in 40 Fingers
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
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Beethoven: Hammerklavier
Marc-Andre Hamelin
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Schubert: Octet
The Gaudier Ensemble
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Mozart: Oboe Quartet, Horn Quintet & other works
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Dvorak: Piano Quintet & String Quintet
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Beethoven: Serenade, Quintet & Trio
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Berwald: Chamber Music
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Weber: Chamber Music
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Mozart: Divertimenti K247 & 334
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