100 Best Waltzes & Polkas

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Album Summary

Conductors

• Boskovsky, Willi
• Davis, Andrew
• Fremaux, Louis
• Fruhbeck de Burgos, Rafae
• Hickox, Richard
• Hochlov, Dmitri
• Irving, Robert
• Jansons, Mariss
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Krips, Henry
• Kurtz, Efrem
• Lanchbery, John
• Mari, Jean-Baptiste
• Matacic, Lovro von
• Muti, Riccardo
• Previn, Andre
• Rosenthal, Manuel
• Svetlanov, Evgeny

Ensemble

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Composers

• Valery Andreyev (1861 - 1918)
• Léon Minkus (1826 - 1917)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Iosif Ivanovici (1845 - 1902)
• Joseph Lanner (1801 - 1843)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)
• Eduard Strauss (1835 - 1916)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Emile Waldteufel (1837 - 1915)
• Juventino Rosas (1868 - 1894)

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Works Details

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 9 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Künstlerleben, Op. 316

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 8 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 10 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1868

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1869

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Wiener Blut

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1873

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Das Spitzentuch der Königin

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1880

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1883

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 10 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1889

Offenbach, Jacques : La Vie Parisienne :: Valse

• Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet

Offenbach, Jacques : La Périchole :: Valse

• Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: circa 1868-1874

Gounod, Charles : Faust Ballet Music :: Les Nubiennes

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Coppélia :: Act 1. Waltz

• Conductor: Jean-Baptiste Mari
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1870

Waldteufel, Emile : Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1882

Khachaturian, Aram : Masquerade :: Waltz

• Conductor: Efrem Kurtz
• Notes: Composition written: 1944.
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1944

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Jazz Suite no 2 :: Waltz no 2

• Conductor: Mariss Jansons
• Notes: Composition written: 1938.
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Rosas, Juventino : The loveliest night of the year

• Conductor: Andrew Davis
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1891

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Sleeping Beauty :: Waltz

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1890

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Gold und Silber-Walzer (Gold and Silver Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 79, NV 87

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 8 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1902

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Giuditta :: Walzer

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Notes: Composition written: 1933.
• Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1933

Andreyev, Vasily : Vospominaniya o Vene (Recollections of Vienna), for orchestra

• Conductor: Dmitri Hochlov
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Andreyev, Vasily : Balalaika, for orchestra

• Conductor: Dmitri Hochlov
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Andreyev, Vasily : Reminiscence for Gatchina, waltz for balalaika ensemble

• Conductor: Dmitri Hochlov
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213

• Conductor: Robert Irving
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Strauss, Josef : Perlen der Liebe, waltz for orchestra, Op. 39

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 10 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz

Léon Minkus (1826 - 1917) : La Bayadère :: Second Shade's Solo

• Conductor: John Lanchbery
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1877

Ivanovici, Iosif : Donauwellen (Waves of the Danube), waltz for piano (or orchestra)

• Conductor: Andrew Davis
• Running Time: 7 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1880

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Kreuzfidel!, polka for orchestra, Op. 301

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1865

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Express-Polka, polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 311

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1866

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Leichtes Blut, Op. 319

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1867

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Morgenblätter, Op. 279

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Eljen a Magyar, Op. 332

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Notes: Composition written: 1869.
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : 'Im Krapfenwaldl' Polka francaise, Op. 336

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Indigo und die vierzig Räuber

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1871

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Der Carneval in Rom

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Gruá aus Österreich (Greeting from Austria), polka-mazurka for orchestra, Op. 359 (RV 359)

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873

Strauss, Josef : Buchstaben, Polka-Française, Op. 252

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Strauss, Josef : Feuerfest, Op. 269

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1870

Strauss, Josef : Ohne Sorgen, Op. 271

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869

Strauss, Josef : Kunstlergruss, polka for orchestra, Op. 274

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Strauss, Josef : Jokey-Polka, Op. 278

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1870

Strauss, Eduard : Bahn frei, Op. 45

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1865

Strauss, Eduard : Wo man lacht und lebt, Polka schnell, Op. 108

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 08/1873

Strauss, Eduard : Ohne Aufenthalt Polka for orchestra, Op 112

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Eduard : Unter der Enns (Below the Enns), polka for orchestra, Op. 121

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Eduard : Alpenrose for orchestra, polka mazurka, Op 127

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Eduard : Reiselust (Delight in Travel), polka française for orchestra, Op. 166

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Eduard : Ausser Rand und Band, polka schnell, for orchestra, Op 168

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Eduard : Faschingsbrief, Polka, Op. 203

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 02/1882

Strauss, Eduard : Mit Vergnügen!, Op. 228

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Eduard : Ohne Bremse, Op. 238

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Josef : Dorfschwalben aus Österreich, Op. 164

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1865

Strauss, Josef : Geheime Anziehungskräfte, Op. 173

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 8 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1865

Strauss, Josef : Delirien, Op. 212

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Strauss, Josef : Aquarellen, Op. 258

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1869

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Serenade for Strings :: Waltz

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880

Léon Minkus (1826 - 1917) : La Bayadère :: Solor's Solo

• Conductor: John Lanchbery
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1877

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Waltz for piano no 11 in G flat major, Op. 70/1, CT. 217

• Conductor: Robert Irving
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1832

Strauss, Josef : Masken-Polka, polka mazurka, Op. 33

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 02/1856

Strauss, Josef : Vorwarts!, quick polka for orchestra, Op, 127

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Strauss, Josef : Auf Ferienreisen, Op. 133

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1863

Strauss, Josef : Die Schwätzerin, polka mazurka for orchestra, Op. 144

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1863

Strauss, Josef : Frauenherz, Op. 166

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1864

Strauss, Josef : Sport Polka, polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 170

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Strauss, Josef : Allerlei Polka, for orchestra, Op. 219

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Strauss, Josef : Im Fluge, for orchestra, polka schnell, Op. 230

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Strauss, Josef : Plappermaulchen Polka, for orchestra, Op. 245

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Cagliostro in Wien

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : I Tipferl-Polka (Dot on the i), polka française for orchestra, Op. 377

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1877

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Prinz Methusalem

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1877

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Fürstin Ninetta

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1892

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Carnevalsbilder (Carnival Scenes), waltz for orchestra, Op. 357

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 6 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Wo die Zitronen blühn, Op. 364

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 8 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1874

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Die Fledermaus

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 6 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1874

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Der lustige Krieg

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 6 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1882

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Eine Nacht in Venedig

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1883

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Der Zigeunerbaron

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Notes: Composition written: 1885.
• Running Time: 7 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1885

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Wiener Frauen, Op. 423

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1886

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Simplicius

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 7 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1888

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Explosions-Polka, for orchestra, Op. 43 (RV 43)

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1847

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Champagner-Polka, Op. 211

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Maskenzug-Polka, Op. 240

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1860

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Episode, polka française for orchestra, Op. 296 (RV 296)

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1865

Glazunov, Alexander : Raymonda :: Fantastic Waltz

• Conductor: Lovro Matacic
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons :: Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies

• Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Accelerationen, Op. 234

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 8 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1860

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Morgenblätter, Op. 279

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 8 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1864

Strauss, Josef : Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb und Lust, Op. 263

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1869

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Ballsirenen Waltzes

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Waltz

Lanner, Josef : Die Schönbrunner Waltzer, Op. 200

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 6 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1842

Waldteufel, Emile : Estudiantina, waltz for orchestra, Op. 191

• Conductor: Henry Krips
• Notes: Composition written: 1883.
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1883

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Sylvia :: Valse lente

• Conductor: Jean-Baptiste Mari
• Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Waltz of the Snowflakes

• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Andreyev, Vasily : Butterfly, waltz for balalaika ensemble

• Conductor: Dmitri Hochlov
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Andreyev, Vasily : Waltz of the Faun

• Conductor: Dmitri Hochlov
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Waltz

Walton, William : Façade :: Valse

• Conductor: Louis Frémaux
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1926

Offenbach, Jacques : Voyage dans la lune :: Polka

• Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Offenbach, Jacques : La Belle Hélène :: Polka

• Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal
• Notes: Composition written: 1864.
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1864

Walton, William : Façade :: Polka

• Conductor: Louis Frémaux
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1926

Shostakovich, Dmitri : The Golden Age :: Polka

• Conductor: Robert Irving
• Notes: Composition written: 1930.
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Stravinsky, Igor : Circus Polka

• Conductor: Rafae Frühbeck de Burgos
• Notes: Composition written: 1944.
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1944