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Summer Concert at Hazel Hill, 1871 | Marco Polo 8225351

Summer Concert at Hazel Hill, 1871

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Label: Marco Polo

Cat No: 8225351

Barcode: 0636943535127

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th May 2012

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From one of the most famous 19th-century families of musicians and known as “The Strauss of Berlin”, Hungarian-born Josef Gung’l toured widely with his orchestras, and the series of 61 concerts they gave at Hasselbacken, Stockholm in 1871 became one of the greatest events in the history of music in Sweden. This programme recreates such an evening at Hazel Hill, with waltzes such as Gung’l’s memorial to Johann Strauss I, Die Immortellen, dances by celebrated contemporaries, and nephew Johann’s famous march En Avant!.

The Stockholm Strauss Orchestra has this 19th century music flowing through their veins, and they have already delivered some sparkling performances in operettas including an “especially good” (Gramophone) Fürstin Ninetta by J Strauss II (8.660227-28). Their exploration of less well-trodden popular classical repertoire takes us to a unique event in 1871, bringing Josef Gung’l’s remarkable season in Stockholm to life in a program full of high-class melody and rhythm.

This rarely heard music will be of great interest to the Strauss family’s huge following, and is likely to spark the curiosity of collectors worldwide.

Mika Eichenholz is frequently engaged as guest conductor with Swedish and Finnish orchestras, in addition to return engagements with orchestras in Eastern Europe, Austria and South America. He has a steady relationship with the Kazan State Opera, with which he has toured in Europe on a regular basis with singers from the Bolshoy and Mariinsky Theatres.

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