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Die Fledermaus (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Clemens Krauss Alfred Walter Jascha Horenstein Fritz Busch Istvan Bogar Christian Pollack Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler Lior Shambadal Vakhtang Kakhidze
Marilyn Hill Smith,


1.   Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Act I: Overture - 7:39


Pizzicato (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II Josef Strauss
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Michael Dittrich Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Joseph Francek


2.   Pizzicato Polka - 2:33


Rosen aus dem Suden, Op. 388 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Johann Strauss Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna Volksoper Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Jascha Horenstein Yakov Kreizberg Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Jack Rothstein Alfred Scholz Joseph Francek


3.   Das Spitzentuch der Konigin: Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South), waltz, Op. 388 - 8:26


Die Fledermaus (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Clemens Krauss Herbert von Karajan Frieder Weissmann Jacques Lacombe Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Johannes Wildner Karl Alwin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Otto Ackermann Leo Blech Walter Schultze Constantine Orbelian Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Max Rudolf Heinz Fricke
Manon Feubel, soprano
Rita Streich, soprano
Karl Donch, baritone
Helmut Krebs, tenor
Franz Boheim, narrator
Luise Martini, narrator
Maria Ivogun, soprano
Waldemar Staegemann, baritone
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
John Dickie, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Anton Dermota, tenor
Alfred Poell, baritone
Gabriele Fontana, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Josef Hopferwieser, tenor
Brigitte Karwautz, soprano
Rohangiz Yachmi-Caucig, mezzo-soprano
Alfred Werner, baritone
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Erich Majkut, tenor
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Elsa Kochhann, soprano
Franz Volker, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Artur Stefanowicz, counter-tenor
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Waldemar Kmentt, tenor
Andrea Martin, baritone
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Vera Schwarz, soprano
Grete Merrem-Nikisch, soprano
Karin Branzell, mezzo-soprano
Waldemar Stagemann, bass
Peter Edelmann, baritone
Silvana Dussman, soprano
Ute Gferer, soprano
Marion Rainer, vocals
Paul Armin Edelmann, baritone
Thomas Lind, tenor
Thaddaus Podgorski, vocals
Franz Jirsa, vocals
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Rudolf Christ, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Recording date: 1927


4.   Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Act II: Klange der Heimat [Csardas] - 4:38


Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Laszlo Kovacs Johannes Wildner


5.   Quadrille, Op. 416, "Komm in die Gondel" - 2:52


Champagner, Op. 211 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Berlin Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Lior Shambadal Frank Shipway


6.   Champagner-Polka (Champagne Polka), Op. 211 - 2:22


Kaiser (Emperor), Op. 437 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Strauss Festival Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Yakov Kreizberg Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Istvan Bogar Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Joseph Francek
Recording date: 11-21 January 1988


7.   Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), Op. 437 - 11:16


Eljen a Magyar!, Op. 332 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Johann Strauss Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Jack Rothstein Joseph Francek


8.   Eljen a Magyar! (Hail to Hungary!), Schnell-Polka, Op. 332 - 2:52


Wiener Bonbons, Op. 307 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Johann Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Johannes Wildner Jack Rothstein


9.   Wiener bonbons (Viennese Bonbons), waltz, Op. 307 - 9:19


Marche Persanne (Persischer Marsch), Op. 289 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Ondrej Lenard Johannes Wildner


10.   Persischer Marsch (Persian March), Op. 289 - 1:56


Kunstlerleben, Op. 316 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Strauss Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Yakov Kreizberg Peter Guth Ondrej Lenard


11.   Kunstlerleben (Artists' Life), waltz, Op. 316 - 9:34


Tik-Tak, Op. 365 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Johannes Wildner


12.   Tik-Tak-Polka, Polka schnell, Op. 365 - 2:47


An der schonen, blauen Donau (The Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Johann Strauss Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Strauss Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Yakov Kreizberg Istvan Bogar Jerome Cohen Peter Guth Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Jack Rothstein Joseph Francek
Philip McCann,
Recording date: 11-21 January 1988


13.   An der schonen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz, op. 314, "The Blue Danube Waltz" - 9:28

Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Peter Guth Ondrej Lenard Christian Pollack Robert Heger Michael Gielen Joseph Francek
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Marilyn Hill Smith,
Recording date: 11-21 January 1988


1.   Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), waltz, Op. 410 - 7:11


Tritsch-Tratsch, Op. 214 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Johann Strauss Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra of London Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Jascha Horenstein Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Alexander Gibson Jack Rothstein Vakhtang Kakhidze
Recording date: 11-21 January 1988


2.   Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 - 2:48


Der Zigeunerbaron (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Jascha Horenstein Istvan Bogar Arthur Kulling Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Lior Shambadal


3.   Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gipsy Baron), Act I: Overture - 8:43


Die Fledermaus (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Clemens Krauss Herbert von Karajan Frieder Weissmann Jacques Lacombe Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Johannes Wildner Karl Alwin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Otto Ackermann Leo Blech Walter Schultze Constantine Orbelian Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Max Rudolf Heinz Fricke
Manon Feubel, soprano
Rita Streich, soprano
Karl Donch, baritone
Helmut Krebs, tenor
Franz Boheim, narrator
Luise Martini, narrator
Maria Ivogun, soprano
Waldemar Staegemann, baritone
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
John Dickie, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Anton Dermota, tenor
Alfred Poell, baritone
Gabriele Fontana, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Josef Hopferwieser, tenor
Brigitte Karwautz, soprano
Rohangiz Yachmi-Caucig, mezzo-soprano
Alfred Werner, baritone
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Erich Majkut, tenor
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Elsa Kochhann, soprano
Franz Volker, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Artur Stefanowicz, counter-tenor
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Waldemar Kmentt, tenor
Andrea Martin, baritone
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Vera Schwarz, soprano
Grete Merrem-Nikisch, soprano
Karin Branzell, mezzo-soprano
Waldemar Stagemann, bass
Peter Edelmann, baritone
Silvana Dussman, soprano
Ute Gferer, soprano
Marion Rainer, vocals
Paul Armin Edelmann, baritone
Thomas Lind, tenor
Thaddaus Podgorski, vocals
Franz Jirsa, vocals
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Rudolf Christ, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Recording date: 1927


4.   Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Act II: Ach, meine Herr'n und Damen - 4:30


Wein, Weib und Gesang! (Wine, Woman and Song!), Op. 333 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Strauss Festival Orchestra Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Istvan Bogar Peter Guth Ondrej Lenard Marc Albrecht Carl Michalski


5.   Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), waltz, Op. 333 - 11:43


Annen Polka, Op. 117 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice Johann Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Istvan Bogar Johannes Wildner Jack Rothstein


6.   Annen-Polka, Op. 117 - 4:29


Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), Op. 325 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Jascha Horenstein Yakov Kreizberg Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Joseph Francek


7.   Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), waltz, Op. 325 - 11:58


Leichtes Blut (Light as a Feather), Op. 319 (more info)
Performed by: Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice Berlin Symphony Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Oliver Dohnanyi Lior Shambadal Joseph Francek


8.   Leichtes Blut (Light as a Feather), Polka schnell, Op. 319 - 2:47


Der Zigeunerbaron (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Anton Paulik Alfred Walter Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Wilhelm Schuchter Walter Weller Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Max Rudolf
Hanns Lange, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano
Erika Koth, soprano
Charles Kullman, tenor
Janos Berkes, tenor
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Elena Batoukova, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Helmut Berger-Tuna, bass
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster,
Karel Stepanek,
Lea Seidl,
Martina Serafin, soprano
Monica Sinclair,
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Grete Merrem-Nikisch, soprano
Karin Branzell, mezzo-soprano
Waldemar Stagemann, bass
Peter Edelmann, baritone
Heinz Zednik, tenor
Harrie van der Plas, tenor
Christine Bath, soprano
Sigrid Martikke, soprano
Andreas Schagerl, tenor
Konrad Huber, bass
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Anny Schlemm, contralto
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Willy Ferenz, bass
Erich Paulik, bass
Joseph Schmidinger, bass
Recording date: 1938


9.   Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gipsy Baron), Act II: Wer uns getraut - 4:24


Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257, "Musikalischer Scherz" (Musical Joke) (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice BBC Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Jascha Horenstein Heinz Karl Gruber Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Vakhtang Kakhidze


10.   Perpetuum mobile (Perpetual Motion), Op. 257 - 3:08


Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), Op. 324 (more info)
Performed by: Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Johann Strauss Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Volksoper Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Peter Guth Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Robert Wagner Jack Rothstein Joseph Francek Carl Michalski


11.   Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), Schnell-Polka, Op. 324 - 3:21


Wiener Blut, Op. 354 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Johann Strauss Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Jack Rothstein Joseph Francek
Reinhold Rung, violin
Catia Rung, violin
Martin Fuchs, viola
Gabriela Tzvetanova, double bass
Recording date: 11-21 January 1988


12.   Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), waltz, Op. 354 - 8:31

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