Oh and one of the best of all of them the 1907 'complete' recording (Around 70 mins inc dialogue. Some of the Emi Electrola operetta recordings were a bit heavy and operatic in their approach but the Boskovsky gets it just about right. Other favourites include the marvelous 1950 Clemens Krauss and the Emi Boskovsky recording. The Pristine restoration is excellent though and they do offer a cd set if you want one. I know that some other Met recordings from the period have been released recently. Yes,the English translation was made to sound a little too self consciously 'hip' but with singing like that,I really couldn't care less! Sony should give it a proper cd release. There is a feeling of glamour and escapism to it. I absolutely love it! It is definitely one of my favourites. I can't understand why some people don't like it. Minus the dialogue,although it does include a few scraps here & there,I have loved this recording since I first heard it as a teenager,via the old CBS Lps. I also downloaded the Pristine resoration of the complete Ormandy Metropolitan opera recording of Die Fledermaus,in English with Lily Pons,amongst others. I think this was a mistake although I can see what the producers meant, But for my money,Die Fledermaus isn't really Die Fledermaus without him being in it. Curiously it doesn't include Frosch,for reasons explained in the accompanying booklet. In addition to the famous mono recordings with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,which I think are wonderful,I now have the cd release of the 1963 RCA Oscar Danon set,which some people rate very highly and was extremely difficult to get hold of for many years. I had some already and there were some I knew from old library Lp days. I bought a couple of sets of Johan Strauss operettas recently. Mariss Jansons will conduct the Neujahrskonzert next year, I'm still looking forward to watching it! I was really glad Perpetuum mobile and Champagner-Galopp were included in the programme, Pretre was the last who chose them in 2010 An der Elbe was an outstanding new entry, such an incredible, hauntingly beautiful waltz same speech for the explosive Explosions-Polka as an encore.

The New Year's Concert was wonderful, as usual, I enjoyed it a lot!! That's not the first time Mehta conducts this important event, and he gave a great performance again the Wiener Philharmoniker has the Strausses' music in its blood, every piece was played in a terribly beautiful way! Compared to the second one, the first part of the concert lacked a bit of joy and liveliness, maybe because of the waltzes ( Märchen aus dem Orient and Dorfschwalben aus Österreich) and the polka-française ( Wiener Leben), all with a more poetical, evocative and fairy atmospheres the second part part instead, thank to the Lumbye's galopp, the march and the very playful and energetic quick polkas, sounded more immersive and cheerful. What a wonderful programme they have chosen for this New Year's Concert, a lot of marvelous, stunning works! I'm looking forward to watching it I'm very glad to see Strauss' Perpetuum mobile and Lumbye's Champagner-Galopp again, they haven't been played for a while. Johann Strauß Vater: Freiheits-Marsch, op. Hans Christian Lumbye: Champagner-Galopp, op. Walzer, op.234/Elektro-magnetische Polka, op. Josef Strauß: Dorfschwalben aus Österreich. Johann Strauß Sohn: Märchen aus dem Orient.

The programme of the Neujahrskonzert 2015:įranz von Suppé: Ouvertüre zum Lustspiel 'Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien' Quote from: Lisztianwagner on November 21, 2013, 02:30:23 AM To celebrate Richard Strauss' 150th anniversary, Mondscheinmusik has been chosen, what an absolutely delightful surprise!! I'm very pleased there will be Ägyptischer-Marsch, it hasn't been played since 1993. It is definitely going to be an excellent concert on next January, lots of wonderful, marvelous works! I was confident in Barenboim to see rare pieces in the programme and he didn't disappoint. Johann Strauss Vater: Radetzky-Marsch, op.228 Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau. Josef Strauss: Ohne Sorgen! Polka schnell, op.271 Josef Strauss: Dynamiden (Geheime Anziehungskraft). Leo Delibes: Pizzicato-Polka aus 'Sylvia' Richard Strauss: Mondscheinmusik aus 'Capriccio' Johann Strauss II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald. Johann Strauss II: Ouvertüre zu 'Waldmeister' Johann Strauss II: Stürmisch in Lieb' und Tanz. Johann Strauss II: Seid Umschlungen, Millionen. Johann Strauss II: Ägyptischer-Marsch, op.335 Johann Strauss Vater: Carolinen-Galopp, op.21a The programme of the Neujahrskonzert 2014:Įduard Strauss: Helenen-Quadrille, op.14 (nach Offenbach)

Pizzicato polka op. 234