Music for the New Year's Concert
Medleys
OPERETTA '800
Various / arr. Ofburg
Contains:excerpts from Poet and Peasant (F. von Suppé), The Gypsy Baron (J. Strauss Jr.), Fra Diavolo (D. Auber), The Bat (J. Strauss Jr.), The Tales of Hoffmann (J. Offenbach), Light Cavalry (F. Von Suppé), Orpheus in the Underworld (J. Offenbach)A medley that collects some famous pages of the 19th century operettas.8'203Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliSTRAUSS BONBONS
Johann Strauss Sr. & Jr. / arr. Ofburg
Contains:excerpts from Emperor Waltz, The Blue Danube, Under thunder and lightning, Viennese Blood, Voices of Spring, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Roses From the South, Pizzicato Polka, Artist's Life, Radetzky MarchA sparkling medley featuring around ten of the most famous themes from the Strauss family, all packed into 8 minutes of music.8'403Scomegna Edizioni Musicali
Waltzes
ARTIST'S LIFE
Johann Strauss / arr. Lorenzo Pusceddu
Similarly to the waltz The Blue Danube, the Artist's Life waltz was also written on the occasion of the Carnival celebrations of 1867. The waltz was dedicated...9'503Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliWINE WOMEN AND SONG
Johann Strauss jr. / arr. Antonio Rossi
It was first performed in the form of a choral waltz during the Carnival festival of 1869. The press of the time wrote: "The waltz will make its way and...4'403Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliROSES FROM THE SOUTH
Johann Strauss jr. / arr. Lorenzo Pusceddu
This waltz was hastily assembled by Johann Strauss jr. on motifs taken from one of his recent operettas, The Queen's Lace Handkerchief. Given its immediate...8'503Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliDU UND DU
Johann Strauss / arr. Antonio Rossi
Du und Du is based on motifs from the operetta The Bat and was published towards the end of 1874. The waltz takes its title from one of the melodies that...7'453Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliTHE BLUE DANUBE
J. Strauss Jr. / arr. Einz
It was written on the occasion of the celebrations for the Carnival of 1867, with the intention of reviving the spirits of the population after the serious...6'30''3Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliWIENER BÜRGER
Carl Michael Ziehrer / arr. Lorenzo Pusceddu
A leading figure in the musical milieu of imperial Vienna, Ziehrer was the greatest and most tenacious rival of the Strauss brothers. He was also a master...7'403Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliTHE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Peter I. Tchaikovsky / arr. Silvio Caligaris
This waltz is taken from Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky's longest ballet. It seems that at the first (which took place in St. Petersburg in 1890) Tsar Alexander...4'56''3Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliWALTZ OF THE FLOWERS
P.I. Tchaikowsky / arr. Silvio Caligaris
Tchaikowsky began composing the music for the Nutcracker in 1891 and, a few months before the ballet's premiere, he created the Nutcracker suite: the Waltz...4'33''3Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliWALTZ FROM SWAN LAKE
P.I. Tchaikowsky / arr. Ofburg
Swan Lake is one of Tchaikowsky's most famous and acclaimed ballets. The plot, modeled on several Russian and German folk tales, takes place in Germany...6'20''3,5Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliVALZER BRILLANTE
Giuseppe Verdi / arr. Azumoto
It is an unpublished score by Giuseppe Verdi, whose manuscript was given to the director Luchino Visconti. Nino Rota, to whom Visconti had entrusted the...2'31''2,5Scomegna Edizioni Musicali
Marches & Polkas
RADETZKY MARSCH
Johann Strauss / arr. Ofburg
Work of Johann Strauss father, it was composed in honor of Marshal Josef Radetzky to celebrate the Austrian reconquest of Milan after the revolutionary...3'09''2,5Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliFEUERFEST!
Josef Strauss / arr. Antonio Rossi
The term feuerfest literally means fireproof. The Feuerfest! polka was commissioned in 1869 to celebrate the 20,000th fireproof safe produced by the Wertheim...2'553Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliSPORT-POLKA
Josef Strauss / arr. Antonio Rossi
Initially dedicated to engineering studies, he suddenly had to take over from his seriously ill brother Johann in running the family's musical business....2'003,5Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliDEMOLIRER POLKA
Johann Strauss jr. / arr. Antonio Rossi
This polka is a tribute to the demolition team who, on the orders of Emperor Franz Joseph, demolished the ancient ramparts of Vienna to expand the city...3'453Scomegna Edizioni MusicaliBELIEBTE ANNEN-POLKA
Johann Strauss Sr. / arr. Dario Bortolato
Johann Strauss father was the creator of the Viennese waltz, which he was able to bring to levels of dignity never reached up to that moment. With him...2'453Scomegna Edizioni Musicali
