The Vienna Connection
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Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna
Sigmund Freud called it “a place where art and history come alive.”
Actress Hedy Lamar said it was “a city of dreams.”
For Johann Strauss II, it was simply “the city of music, that dances to its own rhythm.”
In this hour, a celebration of Vienna, in music by Strauss, Schubert, Suppé, Kreisler, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Vienna [for On the Beautiful Blue Danube and Wiener Blut, by Johann Strauss II] |
Chicago Symphony, Fritz Reiner |
RCA Red Seal 82876-71615-2 |
828767161525 |
| Mercury Living Presence Vol. 1, disc 14: Suppe Overtures [for Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna] |
Detroit Symphony, Paul Paray |
Mercury Living Presence
434 309-2 |
028943430920 |
| Robert Stolz conducts Waltzes, Marches & Polkas [for Die Schönbrunner] |
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz |
Sony Classical
88985465542 |
89854655426 |
| Schubert: 12 German Dances, Concert Piece, Rondo [for Wiener Damen Ländler for String Quintet/Country Dances for the Ladies of Vienna] |
Ensemble Wien |
Sony Classical SK 48386 |
074644838626 |
| Prosit Neujahr! A Viennese New Year's Concert [for Tales of the Vienna Woods, by Johann Strauss II] |
Vienna Philharmonic, Rudolf Kempe |
Warner Classics
5419749593 |
5054197495939 |
| The Third Man |
Gertrud Huber |
Silva America
SIL-CD 1151 |
738572115128 |
| Golden Age of Salon Music [for Rudolf Sieczyński's Vienna, City of My Dreams] |
Schwanen Salon Orchestra, Georg Huber |
Naxos 8.578003-04 |
747313800377 |
| Weigl: Symphony 6, In Old Vienna |
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling |
BIS BIS-CD-1167 |
318590011676 |
| Kreisler Album [for Liebesfreud, by Fritz Kreisler] |
Joshua Bell, Paul Coker |
Decca 444 409-2 |
02894440928 |
