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Herbert von Karajan conducts The Blue Danube Waltz Herbert von Karajan conducts The Blue Danube Waltz by johann strauss jr. Tags: herbert von karajan johann strauss blue danube waltz orchestra |
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Strauss - Blue danube waltz Blue danube waltz by Johann Strauss - Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopern ballet. Lorin Maazel, conductor. New year's concert 2005 Tags: strauss blue danube waltz ballet lorin maazel wiener philharmoniker |
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Anderson & Roe Piano Duet play "BLUE DANUBE FANTASY" http://www.andersonroe.net | "A New Account of the Blue Danube Waltzes," composed and performed by the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo Camera work: Estelle Choi, Yalin Chi, Greg Anderson, Elizabeth Roe Read "Making the Video, the Anderson & Roe Way" on our blog (http://www.andersonroe.net/blog.html ), and watch the outtakes in the video response section below! In composing this work, we sought to emphasize the emotions that hide beneath the surface of the typically restrained Viennese Waltz. Note: the narrative is not a representation of reality. Yes, we're really playing the piano, but no, we didn't actually meet over a lost mitten, and no, we're not actually romantic lovers. :-) Be sure to watch for: * The choreography of our hands. We wanted to show the similarity between four hands playing together on a piano and four feet on a dance floor. Be sure to listen for: * The musical combining of themes. At times, melodies are layered atop one another, most notably at the climax. Believe it or not, seven melodies from throughout the piece are being played simultaneously (7:49 - 8:10), a real compositional feat! Both the piece and the video are featured on the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo's debut album, "Reimagine." Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe showcase their unique approach to classical music and the piano duo genre in this adrenalized album, featuring breathtaking music, a hard-core performance of Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring,' and a bonus DVD of music videos. Buy it today on CD Baby (http://cdbaby.com/cd/andersonroe ), Amazon, iTunes, and DigStation. Tags: Strauss Greg Anderson Elizabeth Joy Roe Liz Piano Four Hands Duet duo Pianists New Account Blue Danube Waltz Beethoven |
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Monty Python: Exploding Blue Danube This is a hilarious clip from the Monty Python series involving the blue danube. No musicians were hurt during the production of this :). Tags: monty python blue danube exploding orchestra explosion |
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The Blue Danube Andre Rieu Live in Dublin, Ireland. A touch of class. We love to dance. The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), a waltz by Johann Strauss II, composed in 1867. Originally performed 9 February 1867 at a concert of the Wiener Männergesangsverein (Vienna Men's Choral Association), it has been one of the most consistently popular pieces of music in the classical repertoire. Its initial performance was only a mild success, however, and Strauss is reputed to have said "The devil take the waltz, my only regret is for the coda -- I wish that had been a success!" The waltz originally had an accompanying song text written by Josef Weyl. Strauss adapted it into a purely orchestral version for the World's Fair in Paris that same year, and it became a great success in this form. The instrumental version is by far the most commonly performed today. An alternate text by Franz von Gernerth, Donau so blau (Danube so blue), is also used on occasion. The sentimental Viennese connotations of the piece have made it into a sort of unofficial Austrian national anthem. It is a traditional encore piece at the annual Vienna New Year's Concert. The first few bars are also the interval signal of Osterreich Rundfunk's overseas programs. It is reported by composer Norman Lloyd in his "Golden Encyclopedia of Music" that when asked by Frau Strauss for an autograph, the composer Johannes Brahms autographed Mrs. Strauss's fan by writing on it the first few bars of the Blue Danube. Under it he wrote "Unfortunately not by Johannes Brahms". Tags: Classical Dublin Vienna Music |
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Vladimir Malakhov :The Blue Danube Malakhov with Vienna State Opera Ballet (2002 Vienna New Year's Concert) Tags: Vladimir Malakhov |
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J Strauss II--"Blue Danube" Waltz--Erich Kleiber (1932) Stauss first performed this piece with a text set to a four-part chorus. It met with limited success. It was an immediate hit at the Paris Exhibition later in 1867 when he performed it in the familar instrumental version. Performed here by the Orch of the Berlin Opera, conducted by Erich Kleiber. In 1919, H.L.Menken wrote: The waltz never quite goes out of fashion; it is always just around the corner; every now and then it returns with a bang . . . It is sneaking, insidious, disarming, lovely. . . . The waltz, in fact, is magnificently improper.. the art of tone turned lubricious. . . Kleiber (August 5, 1890 in Vienna--January 27, 1956) was a bit less-known and less appreciated than his more celebrated contemporaries like Walter, Toscanini, Furtwängler and such. He was a perfectionist who studied scores relentlessly, and didn't enjoy the recording process. He shared these traits with his son Carlos, another celebrated conductor. Kleiber became music director of the Berlin Opera in 1923, and resigned in protest to the Nazis after they denounced Webern's opera "Lulu". Kleiber was offered his old post back after the war, but it was in Russian hands and Kleiber didn't think the communists were much of an improvement over the Nazis. He never took another permanent post. He became an Argentinian citizen in 1938. He gets this Berlin orchestra playing like a Viennese one for Blue Danube. In particular is his very idiomatic use of the Luftpause or "breath-pause" (not take, but pause for breath) a fermata, a bit of silence to give the listener a kind of release before a faster tempo is taken. You can sometimes detect a tiny Luftpause before the third beat in the waltz time too. Very hard for anyone not born and reared in Vienna those days to employ the Luftpause with this much elegance and authenticity... And, yes, few top orchestras of the day had women in them. The conductor Beecham declared that if one came into his orchestra, the problem would be "If she is pretty, she'll distract the men, if ugly, she'll distract me!"....Women created their own opportunities by founding and organizing all-female orchestras, of which there were many back then. Toscanini invited Kleiber to conduct the NBC Symphony in the late 40s, and those were his last trips to the US Tags: kleiber danube waltz strauss Donau |
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2001 A Space Odyssey - Arrival (The Blue Danube) This is the Video from the Arrival at Station V Tags: 2001 Space Odyssey "station V" "blue Danube" |
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Andre Rieu - Danube Love Violinista y director de orquesta holandés. El estreno de la gira mundial "La vie est belle" tuvo lugar en uno de los teatros al aire libre más bonitos del mundo: el Waldbühne de Berlín. Tags: andre rieu danube love Waldbühne concert concierto danubio violin violinista waltz vals |
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Blue Danube (Johann Strauss) sung by Vienna Boys Choir Beloved of classic music listeners and scifi movie fans alike, Strauss's "Blue Danube" is sung by the Wiener Sangerknaben (Vienna Boys Choir) of Austria sings this piece, and set to pictures of the title river. Tags: Blue Danube Strauss Johann Waltz Vienna Boys Choir Austria treble boychoir Hungary Budapest |
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