Strauss Jr: Most Famous Waltzes The Blue Danube

Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Ondrej Lenard (Conductor), Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra (Orchestra), Strauss Festival Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, Strauss Festival Orchestra
• Conductor: Ondrej Lenard
• Composer: Johann II [Junior] Strauss
• Audio CD (June 30, 1992)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B00000746O
• Also Available in: Paperback  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,584 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spacious recording, Viennese charm, grand selection, November 5, 2004

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Leslie Richford (Selsingen, Lower Saxony) - See all my reviews
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Although this disc can in no way compete with the musicianship and the atmospherics on Willi Boskovsky's New Year concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic, it is nonetheless praiseworthy and recommendable. Ondrej Lenard has proved often enough on disc that he is a fine conductor, and whenever one sees 'Festival Orchestra' on a CD label, one knows that the recording was (probably) made using musicians specially selected for this occasion. The thin Naxos booklet gives no details whatsoever, so it is anyone's guess who is really playing here. Nevertheless, the result is good: The recording is a good deal more direct and spacious than on many other early Naxos discs (this one was recorded in January 1988), and the playing (Strauss is taken at a comfortable speed) is rather attractive with a good deal of Viennese charm about it, despite being recorded in Bratislava in Slovakia. And the Waltz selection is grand: here are all those tunes that many of us grew up with and have always loved

5.0 out of 5 stars waltz king, August 1, 2011

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This composer was the best of his time. His father paled in comparison. Music to dance to, listen, enjoy. Its always uplifting.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Performances of Delightful Music, October 15, 2004

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Gontroppo "Music and Theology Lover" (Bathurst, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This bargain-priced CD is a perfectly acceptable recording of Strauss Waltzes, and contains some of the most well-known ones. If you wanted one recording of Strauss Waltzes, this would be an ideal choice.

Confidently recommended