Vienna: Joyful Apocalypse

1. GRÜNFELD - Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56 (Paraphrase on Waltz Motives from Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus)
2. GODOWSKY - Triakontameron: No. 11, Alt Wien
3. SCHULHOFF - 3 Bearbeitungen nach Motiven von Johann Strauss, Op. 9: No. 2, Pizzicato- Polka
4. RACHMANINOFF - Polka de W.R. (After Behr’s La rieuse, Op. 303)
5. TCHAIKOVSKY - 6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale
6. TCHAIKOVSKY - Valse-Scherzo, Op.7
7. KREISLER - 3 Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen: No. 2, Liebesleid (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
8. SCHUBERT - An die Musik, Op. 88 No. 4, D. 547 (Arr. Pontier for Piano)
9. SCHUBERT - 12 Waltzes, Op. 18, D. 145: No. 6 in B Minor
10. SCHUBERT - Waltz in G-Flat Major, D. Anh. I/14 "Kupelwieser-Walzer"
11. SCHULZ-EVLER - Arabesken über "An der schönen blauen Donau" (After Johann Strauss' Op. 314)
12. LISZT - 4 Valses oubliées, S. 215: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
13. MAHLER - Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto (Arr. Pontier for Piano)
14. SCHÖNBERG - 6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19: No. 6, Sehr langsam
15. RAVEL - La Valse, M. 72

“A veritable musical metaphor for the suicide of Europe that was the Great War, both apotheosis and apocalypse. We also hear evocations of Schubert, Liszt, Mahler and Kreisler, all imbued with a kind of nostalgia that belongs only to this mythical city.”  - Aurélien Pontier

Dedicated to the last years of Imperial Vienna, which gave rise to an artistic effervescence unique in European history

The program opens with a piano transcription of Strauss's Die Fledermaus and ends with Ravel's La Valse

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