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Favourites From the Classics

Jascha Horenstein · Lehman Engel · Charles Gerhardt · Alois Melichar · Anton Paulik · Alexander Gibson · Eric Robinson · Gilbert Vinter · Malcolm Sargent · Victor Desarzens

Reader’s Digest2000Cat. RDCD 4221-33h 2m33 tracks

Favourites From the Classics (2000), CD, on Reader’s Digest. Music by Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, performed by Jascha Horenstein, Lehman Engel, Charles Gerhardt, Alois Melichar; 33 tracks.

Composers

Johann Strauss II32 Josef Strauss1

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

01

Overture to ‘The Gypsy Baron’

Johann Strauss II - Der Zigeunerbaron: Ouvertüre

Jascha Horenstein

7:32

02

Tritsch-Tritsch Polka

Johann Strauss II - Tritsch–Tratsch Polka, op. 214

Eric Robinson, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:51

03

Excursion Train Polka

Johann Strauss II - Vergnügungszug, op. 281

Anton Paulik, Vienna Symphony

3:13

04

Johann Strauss II - Persischer Marsch, op. 289

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:12

05

Perpetual Motion

Johann Strauss II - Perpetuum mobile, op. 257

Malcolm Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2:53

06

Pizzicato Polka

Josef Strauss - Pizzicato-Polka

2:34

07

Johann Strauss II - Annen‐Polka, op. 117

Alois Melichar, Vienna Symphony

3:53

08

Champagne Polka

Johann Strauss II - Champagner Polka, op. 211

Anton Paulik, Vienna Symphony

2:40

09

Czardas from ‘Die Fledermaus’

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus, Act II: Echoes of Hungary! (Czárdás)

Charles Gerhardt, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2:39

10

Johann Strauss II - Egyptischer Marsch, op. 335

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:11

12

Leichtes Blut Polka

Johann Strauss II - Leichtes Blut Galop, op. 319

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:31

13

Thunder and Lightning Polka

Johann Strauss II - Tritsch–Tratsch Polka, op. 214

Alexander Gibson, New Symphony Orchestra

2:56

14

Overture to ‘Die Fledermaus’

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus: Ouvertüre

3:42

15

Oh, for the Life of an Actress from ‘Die Fledermaus’

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus, Act III: "Oh, for the life of an actress"

Lehman Engel, Anna Moffo

4:13

16

Stone Walls from ‘Die Fledermaus’

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus

Lehman Engel, Anna Moffo, Jeanette Scovotti

2:05

17

What Ev’ry Woman Wants to Know from ‘Die Fledermaus’

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus

Lehman Engel, Jeanette Scovotti, Lee Cass

5:48

18

For Amusement at a Ball from ‘Die Fledermaus’

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus: Act II. For Amusement at a Ball

1:12

19

a) A Most Successful Host b) Laughing song; First Impressions

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus, Act II: "Look at how I look" (Adele's Laughing Song)

Lehman Engel, Anna Moffo

4:18

20

Health And Happiness

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus, Act II: "Happiness, here's to health and happiness"

Lehman Engel, Anna Moffo, Lee Cass

4:05

Disc 3