NAXOS Historical NAXOS 8.111226 Johann Strauss II ADD Paraphrases and Piano Transcriptions Playing ൿ THIS COMPACTAND COPYING OF BROADCASTING DISC PROHIBITED. UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, RESERVED. TRANSLATIONS ALLAND TEXTS ARTWORK, THIS SOUND RECORDING, RIGHTS IN 8.111226 Time & Ꭿ An Anthology of Historic Performances Volume 1 (1930-1954) 78:33 2007 Naxos Rights International Ltd. 1 DOHNÁNYI: Schatz Waltz (Treasure Waltz) 4:29 The undisputed master of Viennese Ernö Dohnányi (Rec: 25th February 1931) dance forms, “those irresistible 2 RAWICZ and LANDAUER: Annen Polka 3:15 Strauss II Maryan Rawicz and Walter Landauer (Rec: 1st January 1950) waltzes that first catch the ear, and 3 SCHULTZ-EVLER: then curl round the heart, until Concert Arabesques “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” 7:27 suddenly they invade the legs”, Isador Goodman (Rec: 1932) Johann Strauss II became the most 4 GRÜNFELD: Soirée de Vienne 5:35 popular musician of his Jakov Fliere (1939) generation. His publishers printed : 5 TAUSIG: Valse-Caprice No.2 6:03 1 Vol. Transcriptions Paraphrases and Piano Ania Dorfmann (Rec: 5th November 1938) countless copies of his sheet music, 6 CHASINS: Concert Paraphrase on “Artists’ Life” 7:11 making it possible for anyone who Vera Appleton and Michael Field (Rec: 1954) had access to a piano to play his 7 SCHULHOF: Neue Pizzicato-Polka, Opus 449 3:25 compositions at social gatherings Paul Badura-Skoda (Rec: December 1951– January 1952) or simply for enjoyment at home. 8 TEMPLETON: Improvisation on “Tales from the Vienna Woods” 5:47 Concert pianists in the late Alec Templeton (Rec: 1954) nineteenth century and throughout 9 PENNARIO: Emperor Waltz 7:32 the twentieth century added to Leonard Pennario (Rec: 9th May 1952) Strauss’s popularity by creating 0 SCHÜTT : Concert Paraphrase on “Die Fledermaus” 4:42 paraphrases and transcriptions of Adolf Wolff (Rec: 18th March 1938) many of his works. The examples Paraphrases and Piano Transcriptions Vol. 1 Vol. Transcriptions Paraphrases and Piano ! NIEDZIELSKI: Thousand and One Nights Waltz 4:14 : Stanislas Niedzielski (Rec: 14th June 1930) gathered together on this disc @ BASS: Concert Paraphrase on “Voices of Spring” 5:49 include solo piano performances, Walter Rehberg (Rec: 1930) as well as duo-piano transcriptions # VON BOMHARD : “Die Fledermaus” Waltzes, Opus 56 6:13 and one recording on four pianos. Philharmonic Piano Quartet (Rec: 2nd April 1949) $ WHITTEMORE and LOWE: A number of these historic Strauss II Waltz-Fantasy on Themes of Johann Strauss II 6:50 recordings appear for the first time MADE IN Arthur Whittemore and Jack Lowe (Rec: 18th February 1941) on compact disc. THE EU A more detailed list of the works, the artists and the recording venues, where known, can be found on pages 7 and 8 Producers and Audio Restoration Engineers: Marina and Victor Ledin 8.111226 Restoration Mastering Engineer: Anthony Casuccio www.naxos.com A complete track list can be found in the booklet NAXOS Historical NAXOS Cover Image: Johann Strauss II (Private Collection).