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Barbirolli: Viennese Night

Barbirolli: Viennese Night

J Strauss I: Radetzky March Op.228 (arr: Gordon Jacobs)
J Strauss II: Die Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture
J Strauss II: G’Schichten aus dem Wiener Wald (Tales from the Vienna Woods)
J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (The Bat): Overture
J Strauss II: Pizzicato Polka
J Strauss II: Annen Polka Op.117
J Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile, Polka schnell Op.257
J Strauss II: An der Schonen Blauen Donau (The Blue Danube) Waltz
J Strauss II: Kaiser (Emperor): Waltz Op.437
J Strauss II: A Strauss Fantasy (arr: Landauer)
Lehar: Gold und Silber (Gold & Silver) Waltz Op.79

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Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Artist(s): Halle Orchestra

Conductor(s): John Barbirolli

Release Date: 9th August 2009

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Viennese Night was a staple feature of Hallé programmes during Sir John Barbirolli’s era, not only at Belle Vue and in the Free Trade Hall but in many of the other towns and cities where the orchestra played and particularly, of course, at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall. There, especially during the 1960s, it rivalled the Last Night as a relaxed and enjoyable occasion, with JB presiding over the audience’s revels in a benevolently avuncular manner. If they were going to sway to the waltzes, they had to do it in time with the music; and if they were going to stamp their feet during some of the polkas, that too had to be done in tempo and accurately.

The performances on this disc eloquently illustrate Barbirolli’s way with the music of the Strausses and others, such as Lehár, who comprise what we call the Golden Age of Vienna - not all Vienna-born but adopted sons of the city.

This English conductor of Italo-French parentage could be almost more Viennese than the Viennese. He had the secret of just how much rubato the waltzes could take without tipping over into sentimentality. He also acknowledges their rhythmic vitality and the brilliance of the scoring, not just for strings but for solo piccolo, oboe and percussion. What made his conducting of these Viennese bon-bons so satisfying was that he recognised that they were not just bon-bons but in several cases masterpieces of their genre.

Contents:
Johann Strauss II
1. Die Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) - Overture
Johann Strauss I
2. Radetzky March Op.228 . (arr: Gordon Jacobs)
Johann Strauss II
3. G’Schichten aus dem Wiener Wald (Tales from the Vienna Woods)
4. Die Fledermaus (The Bat) - Overture
5. Pizzicato Polka (written in conjunction with Josef Strauss)
6. Annen Polka Op.117
7. Perpetuum mobile, Polka schnell Op.257
8. An der Schonen Blauen Donau (The Blue Danube) - Waltz
Free Trade Hall Manchester 19 - 23 June, 1956

Franz Lehár
9. Gold und Silber (Gold & Silver) - Waltz Op.79
Free Trade Hall Manchester 3 May, 1957 (mono)

Johann Strauss II
10. Kaiser (Emperor) - Waltz Op.437
Free Trade Hall Manchester 13 January, 1955 (mono)

Strauss Family
11. A Strauss Fantasy (arr: Landauer)
with Rawicz and Landauer - piano duet
Free Trade Hall Manchester 11 February, 1954 (mono)

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