Johann Strauss II, Schubert, Tchaikovsky: Polkas, Marsch, Waltz (reference rc.: Hans Knappertsbusch)

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Full Album available // Johann Strauss II and Contemporaries: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches by Hans Knappertsbusch 🎧 Qobuz (Hi-Res) cutt.ly/NeHX2yay Tidal (Hi-Res) cutt.ly/YeHX2zAA 🎧 Apple Music (Lossless) cutt.ly/MeHX2nsw Deezer (Hi-Fi) cutt.ly/weHX2UjU 🎧 Amazon Music (Hi-Res) cutt.ly/FeHX2S5Q Spotify (mp3) cutt.ly/8eHX2XTZ 🎧 KZbin Music (mp4) cutt.ly/keMLTof8 Soundcloud (aac) cutt.ly/8eHX9qSQ 🔊 Download the album (Hi-Res Master - Wav uncompressed / CMRR Website): classicalmusicreference.com/ Johann Strauss II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald Walzer, Op. 325 Johann Strauss II: Accellerationen Walzer, Op. 234 00:00 Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 03:20 Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Karel Komzák II: Bad'ner Mad’In Walzer, Op. 257 Carl Michael Ziehrer: Wiener Bürger Walzer, Op. 419 Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 Johann Strauss II: Leichtes Blut Polka, Op. 31 Carl Maria von Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanze, Op. 65 Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Overture 07:44 Franz Schubert: Militärmarsch No. 1, D. 733: Allegro vivace 13:10 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Waltz of the Flowers Wiener Philharmoniker Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch Recorded in 1957-60, at Vienna New mastering in 2023 by AB for classicalmusicreference.com/ 🔊 Join us with your phone on our WhatsApp fanpage (our latest album preview): cutt.ly/5eathESK 🔊 Find our entire catalog on Qobuz: cutt.ly/geathMhL 🔊 Discover our playlists on Spotify: cutt.ly/ceatjtlB ❤ Support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/cmrr/about Hans Knappertsbusch? Who conducts waltzes and signs reference recordings? Is this a joke? This conductor, trained in the Wagnerian tradition of Bayreuth, of which he was one of the last direct descendants, has accustomed us to recordings of works that we might describe as "metaphysical": Parsifal, Tetralogy, Bruckner Symphonies... Knappertsbusch embodied a certain idea of nobility and majesty that flourished above all in an opera pit. Rejecting personal success, he took fidelity to text and tradition to the extreme. He rehearsed very little, but his magnetism and experience gave him an astonishing hold over the musicians, transforming every performance into a real event. On the face of it, this approach to conducting was difficult to adapt to the imperatives of the disc, and perhaps even less so to so-called "light" music. Nevertheless, it's hardly surprising that Knappertsbusch took an interest in this repertoire, and fortunately for posterity. Hans Knappertsbusch became assistant to Vienna Opera director Erwin Kerber (1937-1945). This enabled him to immerse himself in the purest Viennese tradition. He went on to enjoy a successful career as a guest conductor, most notably with the Vienna Philharmonic. In the manner of Clemens Krauss, Knappertsbusch conducts the waltz while remaining faithful to its heritage, and it's possible to sense in this recording a conductor and orchestra imbued with this elegant three-beat culture. While evolving within a rigorous framework, his beat is irresistibly supple and perfectly suited to his instinctive conducting style. The composition of good light music is a very special art, which can be as elusive for great composers as for those of lesser talent, "Unfortunately not from me", wrote Brahms under a quotation from The Blue Danube. The greatest composers have all, or almost all, found the time to write at least one light piece; the light works of these musical greats totally devoted to their art are usually genuine samples of their deeper music. If the great masters have their moments of lightness, there are also composers who are masters in the art of writing light music. No composer, however prestigious, has ever equalled Johann Strauss Jr (1825-1899) in this respect. Many of his waltzes succeed in being both dances and excellent concert pieces, with elaborate introductions and skilfully balanced juxtaposition of themes. Other Album available // Wagner: Orchestral Works by Hans Knappertsbusch 🎧 Qobuz cutt.ly/BeML809L Tidal cutt.ly/feML4OQ5 🎧 Apple Music cutt.ly/ReML4lOR Deezer cutt.ly/seML7jiJ 🎧 Amazon Music cutt.ly/GeML78dN Spotify cutt.ly/XeML5nkY 🎧 KZbin Music cutt.ly/TeML5G8C SoundCloud cutt.ly/qeML57ar Strauss Family PLAYLIST (reference recordings): kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp3KfnyqdtN6pq8

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Hans Knappertsbusch? Who conducts waltzes and signs reference recordings? Is this a joke? This conductor, trained in the Wagnerian tradition of Bayreuth, of which he was one of the last direct descendants, has accustomed us to recordings of works that we might describe as "metaphysical": Parsifal, Tetralogy, Bruckner Symphonies... Knappertsbusch embodied a certain idea of nobility and majesty that flourished above all in an opera pit. Rejecting personal success, he took fidelity to text and tradition to the extreme. He rehearsed very little, but his magnetism and experience gave him an astonishing hold over the musicians, transforming every performance into a real event. On the face of it, this approach to conducting was difficult to adapt to the imperatives of the disc, and perhaps even less so to so-called "light" music. Nevertheless, it's hardly surprising that Knappertsbusch took an interest in this repertoire, and fortunately for posterity. Hans Knappertsbusch became assistant to Vienna Opera director Erwin Kerber (1937-1945). This enabled him to immerse himself in the purest Viennese tradition. He went on to enjoy a successful career as a guest conductor, most notably with the Vienna Philharmonic. In the manner of Clemens Krauss, Knappertsbusch conducts the waltz while remaining faithful to its heritage, and it's possible to sense in this recording a conductor and orchestra imbued with this elegant three-beat culture. While evolving within a rigorous framework, his beat is irresistibly supple and perfectly suited to his instinctive conducting style. The composition of good light music is a very special art, which can be as elusive for great composers as for those of lesser talent, "Unfortunately not from me", wrote Brahms under a quotation from The Blue Danube. The greatest composers have all, or almost all, found the time to write at least one light piece; the light works of these musical greats totally devoted to their art are usually genuine samples of their deeper music. If the great masters have their moments of lightness, there are also composers who are masters in the art of writing light music. No composer, however prestigious, has ever equalled Johann Strauss Jr (1825-1899) in this respect. Many of his waltzes succeed in being both dances and excellent concert pieces, with elaborate introductions and skilfully balanced juxtaposition of themes. Other Album available // Wagner: Orchestral Works by Hans Knappertsbusch 🎧 Qobuz cutt.ly/BeML809L Tidal cutt.ly/feML4OQ5 🎧 Apple Music cutt.ly/ReML4lOR Deezer cutt.ly/seML7jiJ 🎧 Amazon Music cutt.ly/GeML78dN Spotify cutt.ly/XeML5nkY 🎧 KZbin Music cutt.ly/TeML5G8C SoundCloud cutt.ly/qeML57ar

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Can you produce this without language learning models?!

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​@@dmacrolens- ¿Que?

[@jesustovar2549]

Sienpre me gustó ese arreglo de la Marcha Militar N. ° 1 de Franz Schubert, no puedo encontrar grabación igual con ese mismo arreglo.

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Un gusto molto personale

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🙂