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The Johann Strauss (1825-1899) Edition, Volume 41 Johann Strauss II, the most famous and enduringly successful of 19th-century light music composers,...

The Johann Strauss (1825-1899)

Edition, Volume 41

Johann Strauss II, the most famous and enduringly successful of 19th-century light music composers, was born in Vienna on 25 October 1825. Building upon the firm musical foundations laid by his father, Johann Strauss I (1804-1849) and Joseph Lanner (1801-1843), the younger Johann (along with his brothers, Joseph and Eduard) achieved so high a development of the classical Viennese waltz that it became as much a feature of the concert hall as of the ballroom. For more than half a century Johann II captivated not only Vienna but also the whole of Europe and America with his abundantly tuneful waltzes, polkas, quadrilles and marches. The thrice-married 'Waltz King' later turned his attention to the composition of operetta, and completed 16 stage works besides more than 500 orchestral compositions - including the most famous of all waltzes, The Blue Danube (1867). Johann Strauss II died in Vienna on 3 June 1899.

The Marco Polo Strauss Edition is a milestone in recording history, presenting, for the first time ever, the entire orchestral output of the 'Waltz King'. Despite their supremely high standard of musical invention, the majority of the compositions have never before been commercially recorded and have been painstakingly assembled from archives around the world. All performances featured in this series are complete and, wherever possible, the works are played in their original instrumentation as conceived by the master orchestrator himself, Johann Strauss II.

[1] Wo uns're Fahne weht! Marsch (Where our banner flies! March) op. 473

With Die Göttin der Vernunft (The Goddess of Reason), which opened at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 13 March 1897, Johann Strauss bade farewell to the operetta stage. Yet, while the critic for the Wiener Rundschau (1.04.1897) openly praised the "many fine features" of the musical score, he lost no time in pinpointing the underlying weakness of the work: "The misfortune which Johann Strauss had for the most part in the choice of his librettists is well-known, and it can only be attributed to the naïvety of true talent that the maestro once again took a bad book". In his defence, Strauss had recognised at an early stage the dubious nature of a book which sought to introduce burlesque into a tale woven around the terrifying and cruel days of the French Revolution. His subsequent attempt to extricate himself from the venture was met by the threat of legal action from his librettists, and he therefore worked on reluctantly, duly fulfilling his part of the contract.

Pleading "harmless bronchial catarrh", however, he did not attend the operetta's première; instead, progress bulletins were telephoned to his home at the end of each act. Later, he was only prepared to attend one of the stage work's final performances.

In its lengthy first night review of Die Göttin der Vernunft, the Fremden-Blatt newspaper (14.03.1897) noted the musical highlights of each act, particularly praising Captain Robert's Act 1 entrance song (No. 2a) at the head of his troops, "Der Schöpfung Meisterstück - ist der Husar" ('The masterpiece of creation - is the hussar'). Upon the appearance of Captain Robert (played by Karl Streitmann, 1858-1937) the Fremden-Blatt critic observed: "It goes without saying that he does not miss the opportunity to sing a lively soldiers' song. The next day it will be sung throughout Vienna in imitation of him, for a march tune of such stirring, popular drive, of such crisp verse, has not been heard from the operetta stage for a long time". In due course this melody took its place alongside two other themes from Die Göttin der Vernunft when, with a youthful vigour which belied his seventy-one years, Johann Strauss raided the score of his operetta to create one of his most exuberant and glorious marches - Wo uns're Fahne weht!. This rousing composition, which has inexplicably failed to gain a foothold in Viennese concert repertoire, presents the following thematic material from the operetta:

Disc 1

Wo uns're Fahne weht, Op. 473

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Michael Dittrich

Wo uns're Fahne weht, Marsch, Op. 473 - 2:33

Burschen-Lieder, Op. 55 (arr. A. Kulling)

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Michael Dittrich

Burschen-Lieder, Walzer, Op. 55 (orch. A. Kulling) - 8:44

Martha, Op. 46 (arr. L. Babinski)

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Michael Dittrich

Martha-Quadrille, Op. 46 (orch. L. Babinski) - 4:37

Gedankenflug, Op. 215

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Michael Dittrich

Gedankenflug, Walzer, Op. 215 - 10:34

Newa, Op. 288

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Michael Dittrich

Newa-Polka francaise, Op. 288 - 3:53

Aschenbrodel

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Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Michael Dittrich Christian Pollack

Aschenbrodel: Prelude to Act III - 5:07

Vivat!, Op. 103

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Michael Dittrich

Vivat!, Quadrille, Op. 103 - 5:13

Lagunen-Walzer, Op. 411

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Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Strauss Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Michael Dittrich Oliver Dohnanyi Mika Eichenholz Johannes Wildner Norbert Neukamp

Lagunen, Walzer, Op. 411 - 7:54

Shawl, Op. 343

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Michael Dittrich

Shawl-Polka francaise, Op. 343 - 3:25

Traumbild I

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Michael Dittrich

Traumbild I, Symphonic Poem - 12:06

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Composer(s):
Strauss II, Johann

Conductor(s):
Dittrich, Michael

Orchestra(s):
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Strauss Ii, J.: Edition - Vol. 41

STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 14

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