Strauss, Johann II - Paraphrases & Piano Transcriptions
• The undisputed master of Viennese dance forms, “those irresistible waltzes that first catch the ear, and then curl round the heart, until suddenly they invade the legs”, Johann Strauss II became the most popular musician of his generation.
• His publishers printed countless copies of his sheet music, making it possible for anyone who had access to a piano to play his compositions at social gatherings or simply for enjoyment at home. Concert pianists in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century added to Strauss’s popularity by creating
paraphrases and transcriptions of many of his works.
• The examples gathered together on this disc include solo piano performances, as well as duo-piano transcriptions and one recording on four pianos.
• A number of these historic recordings appear for the first time on compact disc.
Artists:
Vera Appleton
Paul Badura-Skoda
Erno Dohnanyi
Ania Dorfmann
Michael Field
Jakov Fliere
Isador Goodman
Walter Landauer
Jack Lowe
Stanislas Niedzielski
Leonard Pennario
Maryan Rawicz
Walter Rehberg
Alec Templeton
Arthur Whittemore
Adolf Wolff
Johann Strauss II - Paraphrases & Piano Transcriptions
Johann Strauss II
1. Der Zigeunerbaron: Schatz-Walzer (Treasure Waltz), Op. 418 (arr. E. Dohnanyi for piano)
2. Annen-Polka, Op. 117 (arr. M. Rawicz and W. Landauer for piano duet)
Andrei Schultz-Evler
3. Concert Arabesques on Themes of J. Strauss II's Waltz On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Alfred Grunfeld
4. Soiree de Vienne - Concert Paraphrase from Strauss' Waltzes from Die Fledermaus and others, Op. 56
Carl Tausig
5. Valse Caprice No. 2 d'apres J. Strauss II (Man lebt nur einmal, Op. 167)
Abram Chasins
6. Concert Paraphrase on J. Strauss's Artists' Life
Otto Schulhof
7. Three Polkas after Strauss, Op. 9: No. 2. Pizzicato Polka
Alec Templeton
8. Improvisation on J. Strauss' Tales from the Vienna Woods (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325)
Johann Strauss II
9. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 (arr. L. Pennario for piano)
Eduard Schutt
10. Concert Paraphrase on J. Strauss' Die Fledermaus Waltzes
Johann Strauss II
11. Thousand and One Nights Waltz (Tausend und eine Nacht, Walzer, Op. 346) (arr. S. Niedzielski)
Roderich Bass
12. Voices of Spring Concert Paraphrase (Frühlingsstimmen, Walzer, Op. 410)
Moritz von Bomhard
13. Die Fledermaus Waltzes, Op. 56
Jack Lowe/Arthur Whittemore
14. Waltz - Fantasy on Themes of Johann Strauss II