Vienna [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Johann II [Junior] StraussComposer: Carl Maria von Weber
Composer: Josef Strauss
Composer: Richard [1] Strauss
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2006-02-07
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437)
- Invitation to the Dance (Aufforderung zum Tanze), for orchestra (orchestrated by Berlioz)
- Dorfschwalben Aus Osterreich (Austrian Village Swallows), waltz for orchestra, Op. 164
- Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Waltzes
- Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), waltz for orchestra, Op. 354 (RV 354)
- Schatz-Walzer (Treasure Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 418
- Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 324 (RV 324)
Music reviews of Vienna [Hybrid SACD]
Music Review: Strauss waltzes in classic sound
Rating: 5 Stars
Reiner doing Strauss Waltzes? Always controversial. However, if the foot taps, you get a sudden urge to conduct the music or leap onto the dance floor, then it's probably working. And so it proves here, for the most part.
And then we come to the sound. Tracks 1-6 date from 1957 and the remainder from 1960. Sonically, the earlier session is just plain astonishing, in the top tier of Living Stereo, with all that implies in terms of transparency, musical lucidity, instrumental timbre and hall presence. For some of the tracks, the technology just vanishes and you are just there. You just can't ask for more than that.
The remaining tracks don't quite live up to this exalted standard. The mikes are palpably closer in 1960 and - even pulling back the volume correspondingly, the hall and musical coherence dissipates rather. So, a down-grade from 'magical' to merely 'excellent' - although the bass drum thwacks for the 'Thunder and Lighting Polka' - which closes the SACD, will certainly stir you from slumber.
A no-brainer purchase if the repertoire appeals or you are interested in high-end sound. And at this crazy price?
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