Double Bass > Strauss II (Junior), Johann

100 Years of Strauss

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-26

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Musikalischer Scherz"; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Fata Morgana, Op. 330; The Gypsy Baron; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Casanova; Sp...
Performers: Awouters, Michel; Awouters, Veronique; Bercu, Jan; Bertholome, Marie Helene; Brepols, Mireille; Casteleyn, Elke; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Das, Monica; Delplanque, Claire; Derwahl, Tanja; D...
Conductors: Rieu, André
Ensemble: Johann Strauss Orchestra

Recording information: Wijngrachttheater, Kerkrade, The Netherlands....continue...

Jokes / Quintetto Bislacco

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-07-14

Works: Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324; Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; La muerte del Angel; Melodia in A minor; Bernardo Stalman: Pizzicato Milongueado; Traditional: Celtic Dance; Paul McCa...
Performers: Fagone, Enrico; Fioravanti, Gustavo; Galfetti, Duilio; Radaelli, Marco; Zagato, Walter
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quintetto Bislacco

Founded a few years ago by five musicians rather bored by their daily routine, Quintetto Bislacco resolved to fight against the torpor that rules over...continue...

New Year's Concert '99 / Ensemble Wien

2 DVD Video / Koch International / 2008-08-05

Works: Johann Strauss II: Ballsträuschen (Ball Bouquets), polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 380; Rasch in der That, polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 409; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Künstlerleb...
Performers: Gotzel, Peter; Guggenberger, Paul; Lissy, Raimund; Niederhammer, Josef
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Wien

New York Memories

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2007-08-14

Works: Paul Anka: My Way; Nino Rota: The Godfather, film score; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phantom of the Opera, film score; Requiem; Amigos Para Siempre; Evita; Gary Brooker / Keith Reid: A Whiter Shade of P...
Performers: Bennett, Gary; Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Colen, Pierre; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diakoff, Nadejda; Diederen, Roger; Engel, Laura...

2007 release from the famed violinist joined by Gary Bennet and Laura Engel on vocals. For many, New York remains a city filled with wonder,...continue...
Personnel: André Rieu (vocals, violin); Laura Engel (vocals); Carla Maffioletti (soprano); Gary Bennett (tenor); Boris Goldenblank, Els Mercken, Kremi Mineva, Diana Morsinkhof, Frank Steijns, Lin...continue...

Back to the Bass - Lehár, et al / Circus Bassissimus, et al

1 CD / Camerata / 2007-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 11 "Miscellanée de musique vocale"; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; ...
Performers: Berg, Christian; Sabbatini, Giuseppe; Sikorski, Bartosz; Stockhammer, Helmut; Straka, Georg
Conductors:
Ensemble: Circus Bassissimus

These four talented double-bassists are joined by tenor (and double-bass player as well!) Sabbatini in this melodic and high-spirited romp through the music of Italy...continue...

The Flying Dutchman

1 CD / Polydor Import / 2004-11-02

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Traditional: Snowwaltz, for orchestra; Abe Holzmann: Blaze Away, for pops orchestra; Albert W. Ketèlb...
Performers: Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Coenen, Jack; Colen, Pierre; Collem, Chaja van; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Das, Monica; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diederen, Roger;...
Conductors: Rieu, André

Import edition includes three bonus tracks over the US edition. The classical violinist and Europe's "King Of The Waltz" takes you on a listening journey...continue...

Venezia La Festa - Caffè Concerto sulla Piazza San Marco

1 CD / Winter & Winter / 1998-07-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Astor Piazzolla: Adiós Nonino, tango; Libertango; Johannes B...
Performers: De Lazzari, Gianfranco; Di Prima, Maurizio; Miotti, Joseph; Prevedello Dellisanti, Paolo; Testa, Andrea
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quadri

This disc is arranged such that the listener is seated in the audience of the lively Italian plaza, Piazza San Marco. These live performances include...continue...
Recording information: Gran Caffe Quadri, Venezia, Italy (10/01/1997-10/04/1997).

This beautifully packaged aural pastiche evokes the spirit of an evening in Venice. Blending opera and tango, t...continue...