Hellmesberger / Simonis - Waltzes & Quadrilles from Vien - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Despite charitable funds raised by the Fortune and Viennese Kreutzer polkas revolutionary Habsburg insurgencies became a dangerous fact of life in the Vienna of 1848. Strauss (the Elder) demonstrated solidarity through his Austrian National Guard March lampooning the old order with his March of the Legion of Students. Heard on this recording in it's original more transparent orchestration and without the drum roll the irrepressibly festive Radetzky March celebrated military victory in Italy and became his most famous work. Viennese citizens filled the carnival season ballrooms and the escapist Stress Relievers waltzes which conclude this recording roused frenzied cheering. Album Tracks 1. Fortuna-Polka, Op. 219 2. Wiener Kreuzer-Polka, Op. 220 3. Österreichischer Nationalgarde-Marsch, Op. 221 4. Aeaciden, Walzer, Op. 222 5. Marsch Der Studenten-Legion, Op. 223 6. Amphion-Klänge, Walzer, Op. 224 7. Aether-Träme, Walzer, Op. 225 8. Freiheits-Marsch, Op. 226 9. Marsch Des Einigen Deutschlands, Op. 227 10. Radetzky-Marsch (1st Version), Op. 228 11. Quadrille Im Militärischen Style, Op. 229 12. Sorgenbrecher, Walzer, Op. 230

Following marches, polkas, and waltzes by Benjamin Bilse, Richard Eilenberg, Josef Gung'l, and Carl Millöcker, this new is now the fifth cpo album with the conductor Christian Simonis. This time he turns to two members of the Fahrbach family of musicians to Philipp Fahrbach the Younger and Philipp Fahrbach the Elder. In mere numbers the members of the Fahrbach family by far surpassed the members of the Strauss family. Like the Strausses, the Fahrbachs also composed superb dances and marches. Moreover, in the Vienna and Austria of those times the Fahrbach dynasty of musicians contributed enormously to the music culture and development of popular music not only in the capital city's region but also beyond it. The titles of the works, the occasions of their composition and performance, and not least the music itself with all it's allusions are in the oeuvre of the Fahrbachs just as much »history in music« as they are in the compositions by the Strauss family. The Fahrbachs are no longer so famous today simply because of the poor state of the surviving source documentation. Like his father, Philipp Fahrbach the Younger was a conductor of military and private orchestras and in this capacity of course also a composer. The waltzes of father and son in particular enjoyed great favor among the public and music critics. The musical oeuvre of Philipp Fahrbach the Younger comprises more than five hundred compositions, most of which can be assigned to the genres of Viennese dance and march music. His most successful and most famous work is also heard on this album the brilliant polka française InchI'm KahlenbergerdörfelInch op. 340. Album Tracks 1. Storchschnäbel. Galopp Op. 149 2. Aus Sympathie. Polka Française Op. 142 3. Ocarina. Walzer Op. 330 4. Fluide - Galopp Op. 133 5. Perle Du Brésil. Polka Mazurka Op. 159 6. Traum Der Liebe. Walzer Op. 341 7. Zirkus.

Album Tracks 1. Neue Wiener Landler, Op.1 2. Bankett-Polonaise, Op.135 3. Amazonen-Galopp, Op148, No.2 4. Salon-Polka, Op.161 5. Kettenbrucke-Walzer, Op.4 6. Eisele Und Beisele-Sprunge, Op.202 7. Malapou-Galopp, Op.148, No.1 8. Steyrische Tanze, Op.165 9. Cerrito-Polka, Op.189 10. Die Werber, Op.103 11. Sehnsucht, Polka Mazur, Op.22 12. Jagers Lust (Jagd-Galopp), Op.82 13. Marien-Walzer, Op.143 14. Pariser-Polka, Op.382 15. Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op.354