Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899) Johann Strauss, Jr. was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century. Strauss was born in St. Ulrich (now a part of Neubau), the son of Johann Strauss I, another composer of dance music. His father did not wish him to become a composer, but rather a banker; however, the son defied his father's wishes, and went on to study music with the composer Joseph Drechsler and the violin with Anton Kollmann, the ballet répétiteur of the Vienna Court Opera. Strauss had two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard Strauss, who became composers of light music as well, although they were never as well-known as their elder brother. Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include The Blue Danube, Kaiser-Walzer, Tales from the Vienna Woods, the Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, and the Pizzicato Polka. Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron are the most well-known. Conductors who participated in the recording:
  
Bruno Walter Clemens Krauss Erich Kleiber
  
Ferenc Fricsay Felix von Weingartner Fritz Lehmann
  
George Szell Hermann Abendroth Hermann Scherchen
  
Igor Markevitch Josef Krips Joseph Keilberth
 
Karl Böhm Hans Knappertsbusch
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Johann Strauss II
CD 1 Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 2.07.1929 Clemens Krauss Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 26.06.1934 Georges Szell Leichtes Blut, Op. 319 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 1940 Hans Knappertsbusch Pizzicato Polka Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 1940 Hans Knappertsbusch Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, ??? Ferenc Fricsay Accelerationen, Op. 234 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 23.06.1932 Erich Kleiber Berlin State Opera Orchesrta, 02.1928 Hans Knappertsbusch Morgenblätter, Op. 279 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 2.07.1929 Clemens Krauss An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 National Symphony Orchestra, 17.10.1947 Josef Krips Berlin State Opera Orchesrta, 06.1938 Joseph Keilberth Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 10.06.1931 Erich Kleiber Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 28-29.01.1927 Felix von Weingartner CD 2 An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Maggio Musicale, 25.05.1946 Igor Markevitch Künstlerleben, Op. 316 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 1-2.02.1929 Erich Kleiber Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 Berlin State Opera Orchesrta, 02.1928 Hans Knappertsbusch Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatorie de Paris, 22.07.1939 Felix von Weingartner Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 23.06.1932 Erich Kleiber Freut euch des Lebens, Op. 340 Berlin State Opera Orchesrta, 02.1928 Hans Knappertsbusch Tausendundeine Nacht, Op. 346 British Symphony Orchesrta, 8.04.1931 Felix von Weingartner Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 23.06.1932 Erich Kleiber Wiener Blut, Op. 354 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, ??? Ferenc Fricsay CD 3 Bei uns z'Haus, Op. 361 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 07.1950 Clemens Krauss Berlin Symphony Orchesrta, 21.06.1933 Hans Knappertsbusch Du und Du, Op. 367 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 1-2.02.1929 Erich Kleiber O schonder Mai, Op. 375 Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 25.08.1950 Clemens Krauss Rosen aus dem Suden, Op. 388 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 1930 Bruno Walter Kuss-Walzer, Op. 400 Berlin Symphony Orchesrta, 21.06.1933 Hans Knappertsbusch Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410 British Symphony Orchesrta, 8.04.1931 Felix von Weingartner Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 1.11.1944 Clemens Krauss Donauweibchen, Op. 427 Berlin State Opera Orchesrta, 02.1928 Hans Knappertsbusch Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 18.10.1937 Bruno Walter CD 4 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, 29.05.1942 Hermann Scherchen Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, ??? Fritz Lehmann Seid umschlungen, Millionen, Op. 443 Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 1.09.1950 Clemens Krauss Die Fledermaus: Overture Staatskapelle Dresden, 21-22.12.1938 Karl Bohm Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 20.06.1938 Erich Kleiber Die Fledermaus: exerpts P. Anders, E. Berger, E. Friedrich, A. Find, C. Muller, E. Fuchs Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 08.1933 W. Fr. Reuss Eine Nacht in Venedig: "Komm in die Gondel" Peter Anders Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 08.1933 W. Fr. Reuss Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 20.06.1933 Erich Kleiber Der Zigeunerbaron: exerpts Peter Anders and Anita Gura Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 04.1934 W. Fr. Reuss Waldmeister: Overture Radio Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, 18.11.1950 Hermann Abendroth
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