Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Walzer Revolution (2015)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Kontretanz in D Major, K. 603, No. 1
02. Kontretanz in C Major, K. 609, No. 1
03. Kontretanz in C Major, K. 609, No. 4
04. Sechs Deutsche Tänze, KV 571: Deutscher Tanz Nr. 1 in D Major
05. Sechs Deutsche Tänze, KV 571: Deutscher Tanz Nr. 2 in A Major
06. Sechs Deutsche Tänze, KV 571: Deutscher Tanz Nr. 3 in C Major
07. Sechs Deutsche Tänze, KV 571: Deutscher Tanz Nr. 4 in G Major
08. Sechs Deutsche Tänze, KV 571: Deutscher Tanz Nr. 5 in B-Flat Major
09. Sechs Deutsche Tänze, KV 571: Deutscher Tanz Nr. 6 in D Major
10. Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 (Urfassung)
11. Erste Kettenbrücke-Walzer, Op. 4
12. Schäfer-Quadrille, Op. 217
13. Der Carneval in Paris, Galopp, Op. 100
14. Walzer a la Paganini, Op. 11

CD2
01. Pas de neuf nach Saverio Mercadante, WoO
02. Sehnsuchts-Mazur, Op. 89
03. Hans Jörgel-Polka, Op. 194
04. Malapou-Galopp, Op. 148a
05. Hexentanzwalzer, Op. 203
06. Marsch (from the ballet Corso Donati)
07. Cerrito-Polka, Op. 189
08. Jagd-Galopp, Op. 82
09. Die Schönbrunner, Walzer, Op. 200

An album of lively waltzes and other dance music, consummately performed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus Wien.

With rarely-heard dance pieces by Mozart, Lanner, and Johann Strauss I.

On his new album, Walzer Revolution, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Concentus Musicus Wien turn their attention to a selection of dances by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Josef Lanner and Johann Strauss the Elder himself, in order to give it a new interpretation in the spirit intended by the composers.

Harnoncourt, who more than any other conductor of our time represents a revolution in the way works are performed and in the reception of music, traces the line from the dances of Mozart to 19th-century dances that were profoundly characteristic of the society of that time.

Thanks to his typical practice of performing the works in a historical manner, he succeeds in making this dance music an authentic listening experience that is constantly denied to us by the usual modern orchestration. The purpose of the resulting album is not only to convey the true joy of listening but also to narrate music history.

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