Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Blue Danube - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
2. Anna Polka - (French Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
3. Morning Papers - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
4. At The Hunt - (Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
5. Light of Heart - (Fast Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
6. Wine, Women And Song - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
7. Pleasure - Train - (Fast Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
8. Vienna Bonbons - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
9. Perpetual Motion - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
10. Accelarations - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
11. Pizzicato - Polka - (Johann And Josef Strauss) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
12. Tales From The Vienna Woods - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.

Disc 2:

1. The Emperor Waltz - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Thunder and Lightning - (Fast Polka) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Die Fledermaus: Overture - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Voices of Spring - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Prince Methusalem: Bandit Gallop - (From 'Prince Methusalem') - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Artist's Life - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Persian March - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Roses from the South - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Eljen a Magyar! - (Fast Hungarian Polka) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Chit-Chat Polka - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
11. Vienna Blood - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
12. Radetzky-March - (Johann Strauss, Father) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40815 in Music
• Released on: 1999-01-12
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

Repackaged New Year's Concert 1984 with VPO, etc.
If I'm not mistaken, most of the pieces were recorded originally live during a 1984 New Year's Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel with the Vienna Philharmonic playing in its grand concert hall, the Musikverein. Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic have had a longstanding relationship dating from the 1960's, and without question, this CD does rank among my favorite New Year's Concert performances (However, the most mesmerizing ones I've heard have been those with the late Carlos Kleiber and Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.) for the superb quality of the Vienna Philharmonic's playing. Maazel leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in some of the most popular works composed by the Strauss family, most notably Johann II Strauss' Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz, Emperor Waltz, Pizzicato Polka, Blue Danube Waltz and his father's Radetzky March, which traditionally closes out the annual New Year's Concert. Fans of the Strauss family, Vienna Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel, will not be disappointed with this excellent two CD compilation.

Great Music as usual
This is great recording,
I enjoy listening to it
veru much. This is a
compilation of all the
favorite waltzes by
the Strauss family, that
one might hear at a
New Year's eve concert
of the Vienna Philharmonic...
All waltzes and Polkas are
favorites of audiences everywhere
in the world...

Amazing truly Amazing
This 2 CD is amazing. It is great for plane rides and other things. I always listen to it at work. Allmost every song on this CD is beautiful and graceful. The blue danube is a classic and my personal favorite song on this album. Some of the songs are okay but none are bad. Overall this is an amazing 2 CD collection and it is worth every cent of your money . . .