Though he is much less well remembered than his more famous brothers, Johann II and Josef, Eduard Strauss was the master of the quick polka and the galop with a succession of distinctive and beguiling melodies and a genius for orchestration. This latest release continues the rediscovery of his music with a succession of pieces, all of which are receiving their first commercial recordings. His music was performed at some of Vienna’s most glittering balls and carnival festivities with Eduard offering such à la mode pieces as the Electric Lights waltz and the ingenious equine polka, Leaps of Pegasus.
Works:
•Eduard Strauss: Wo Lust und Freude wohnen op. 202:
•Eduard Strauss: Herz und Welt op. 131
•Eduard Strauss: Glühlichter op. 216
•Eduard Strauss: Brausteufelchen op. 154
•Eduard Strauss: Theorien op. 111
•Eduard Strauss: n Lieb entbrannt op. 117
•Eduard Strauss: Mit frohem Muth und heiterm Sinn op. 153
•Eduard Strauss: Pegasus-Sprünge op. 51
•Eduard Strauss: Heitere Weisen op. 208
•Eduard Strauss: Aus den schlesischen Bergen op. 260
•Eduard Strauss: Stimmen aus dem Publikum op. 104
•Ein Jahr freiwillig op. 102
•Eduard Strauss: Widmungsblätter op. 242
•Eduard Strauss: Zeitvertreib op. 248
•Eduard Strauss: Denksprüche op. 244