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The Wiener Sängerknaben or Vienna Choir Boys haven't recorded a Strauss album since 1999, but they've often performed music of the Strauss clan at New Year's concerts and the like in the intervening years. This 2018 release might seem like a gimmick, but in fact the famous waltzes and polkas of Johann Strauss II and all the rest have had lyrics for a long time, often multiple sets. They were popular songs. No less than the king of them all, The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314, was originally a texted piece. You get a later version, from 1889, rather than the original lyrics, and the waltzes have continued to accrue new lyrics and new arrangements as they have gone along; some of them here are by the choirboys' director, Gerald Wirth. With all this being the case, the Choir Boys perhaps come closer to the Strauss spirit than any number of purely orchestral versions. In that case, you might wish that the texts were available for those who don't speak German, but partial redress is the grand finale for this album, Josef Strauss' For Ever, which has some English text as well as a slightly awkward English title. The Vienna Choir Boys are as much fun as ever, and they have a certain playful way of producing unusual sounds that is absent in the work of their English cathedral counterparts. Sample anywhere, perhaps beginning with the brisk Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214. The album is nicely recorded, and fans of the Choir Boys probably already know that they want it. Fans of Johann Strauss II may not know that, but they should.
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Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tina Breckwoldt, Author - Josef Strauss, Composer
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tina Breckwoldt, Author - Josef Strauss, Composer
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Viktor Gombocz, Author
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tina Breckwoldt, Author
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Helmuth Froschauer, Author, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anton Fergusson, Author
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Richard Genée, Author - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tina Breckwoldt, Author
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Uwe Theimer, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ewald Seifert, Author
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudolf Effenberger, Author - Elke Wirth, Composer, Cadenzor - Josef Strauss, Composer
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Uwe Theimer, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudolf Effenberger, Author
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - FRANZ VON GERNERTH, Author - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Johann Strauss I, Composer - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Viktor Gombocz, Author
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir, MainArtist - Hartmut Pfannmüller, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Salonorchester Alt Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerald Wirth, Conductor, Arranger, Choir Arranger, Chorus Master, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tina Breckwoldt, Author - Josef Strauss, Composer
℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
Album review
The Wiener Sängerknaben or Vienna Choir Boys haven't recorded a Strauss album since 1999, but they've often performed music of the Strauss clan at New Year's concerts and the like in the intervening years. This 2018 release might seem like a gimmick, but in fact the famous waltzes and polkas of Johann Strauss II and all the rest have had lyrics for a long time, often multiple sets. They were popular songs. No less than the king of them all, The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314, was originally a texted piece. You get a later version, from 1889, rather than the original lyrics, and the waltzes have continued to accrue new lyrics and new arrangements as they have gone along; some of them here are by the choirboys' director, Gerald Wirth. With all this being the case, the Choir Boys perhaps come closer to the Strauss spirit than any number of purely orchestral versions. In that case, you might wish that the texts were available for those who don't speak German, but partial redress is the grand finale for this album, Josef Strauss' For Ever, which has some English text as well as a slightly awkward English title. The Vienna Choir Boys are as much fun as ever, and they have a certain playful way of producing unusual sounds that is absent in the work of their English cathedral counterparts. Sample anywhere, perhaps beginning with the brisk Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214. The album is nicely recorded, and fans of the Choir Boys probably already know that they want it. Fans of Johann Strauss II may not know that, but they should.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:45
- Main artists: Wiener Sängerknaben Gerald Wirth Salonorchester Alt Wien
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music GmbH
- Genre: Classical
© 2018 Universal Music GmbH, Austria ℗ 2018 Wiener Sängerknaben
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