Waltz Reflections

Waltz Reflections

On this CD:

1. Transcription for string quartet, flute, clarinet & piano, after Johann Strauss' "Emperor Waltz"
Composed by Arnold Schoenberg
Performed by Wolfgang Schultz, Norbert Taubl, Vadim Vasilykov, Leonore Aumaier

2. Schatzwalzer for piano quintet and harmonium (trans. after J. Strauss)
Composed by Anton Webern
Performed by Vadim Vasilykov, Leonore Aumaier, Alfred Mitterhofer

3. Transcription for string quartet, harmonium & piano of Johann Strauss' "Rosen aus dem Suden"
Composed by Arnold Schoenberg
Performed by Vadim Vasilykov, Leonore Aumaier, Alfred Mitterhofer

4. Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 333 (RV 333)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vadim Vasilykov, Leonore Aumaier, Alfred Mitterhofer

5. Weihnachtsmusik (Musique de Noël), for 2 violins, cello, piano, & harmonium
Composed by Arnold Schoenberg
Performed by Vadim Vasilykov, Leonore Aumaier, Alfred Mitterhofer

6. Variations for String Quartet
Composed by Theodor Hermann Leschetitzky
Performed by Vadim Vasilykov

Editorial Reviews
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It's easy to consider the 12-tone movement's instigators--Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg--as iconoclasts who sought to shatter the late-Romantic mold into harsher, more scraping fractal units. But this CD offers an opportunity to see how the 12-tone triumvirate honored the past. At the most basic level, they honored the waltzes of Johann Strauss by simply reorchestrating them. On a side note, they did this to finance the very organization founded to upend the stodgy orchestral traditions of late Romanticism. These Strauss waltzes appear here as rearranged, harmonically telescoped delights. Schoenberg's "Kaiserwalzer" has interludes that foreshadow minimalism and still ring beautifully. Webern's "Schatzwalzer" finds tones between tones in a tension-building escalation that seems everywhere recursively dancing across the floor. Much of this is thanks to pianist Leonore Aumaier's crisp attack and the Vienna String Quintet's radiant warmth, especially in the violins. Then there are the two add-ons: Schoenberg's pretty "Weihnachtsmusik," a short, shimmering quintet that shows nary a hint of the revolution in his compositional mind, and Theodor Hermann Leschetitzky's "Variations for String Quartet," a sometimes thrillingly playful work that fits perfectly here. --Andrew Bartlett

Waltz Reflections, Music, Norbert Taubl, Theodor Hermann Leschetizky, Arnold Schoenberg, Johann II Strauss, Anton Webern, Vadim Vasilykov, Wolfgang Schultz, Wolfgang Schulz, Leonore Aumaier, Chamber, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Mixed Chamber Ensemble with Keyboard, Orchestral, Orchestral & Symphonic, Waltz for Orchestra

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