Johann Strauss: Waltzes [Original recording remastered]

Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Willi Boskovsky (Conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Composer: Johann II [Junior] Strauss
• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00004Z19J
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,921 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #91 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Polkas

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The very, very best Johann Strauss Jr. recordings, August 13, 2006

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ChoirboyDC (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Johann Strauss: Waltzes (Audio CD)

No orchestra in the world has ever known how to play the waltzes of Johann Strauss Jr. as well as the Wiener Philharmoniker . . . and no conductor has ever led the Philharmoniker in this repertoire in as perfect a Strauss style as Willi Boskovsky (the orchestra's long-time concertmaster). The sine qua non of Strauss playing, the famous Viennese lilting afterbeats (where the second of the three beats of the waltz tempo comes infinitesimally early, rather than in strict time) is here. Tempos perfectly "in the groove" are here. Accept no substitutes: in this repertoire, this combination of performers is the absolute gold standard.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect meeting among composer and conductor!, November 29, 2007

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Johann Strauss: Waltzes (Audio CD)

The spirit of Waltz acquires - in the supreme baton of this talented conductor - a very special label of aristocratic refinement, that panache and nuance that we possibly will not listen any more, because beneath the score, one may feel a sort of pulse and a nestled majesty immersed in the performance.

Many other directors previously and in the future will have the chance to play these Waltzes but nobody will fit the sublime éclat of him.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Waltzes, June 2, 2008

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This review is from: Johann Strauss: Waltzes (Audio CD)

Excellent product for the price. Can't comment on the performance per se, having no real background in classical music, but the Strass Waltzes are very pleasing to me, and I would buy this CD again.