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Work: Kaiserwalzer (Emperor Waltz), Op.437

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ComposerStrauss II, Johann (1825-1899)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOrchestral
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SingaporeA Musical Box of Chocolates

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Silvestri, Hisaishi, Broughton, Doyle, Ravel, Lumbye, Strauss II
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Jason Lai; Tomoki Natsume

BudapestStrauss / Cziffra / Schönberg / Schubert / Liszt // Balázs / Keller Quartet

Concerto Budapest
Strauss II, Liszt, Schubert
János Balázs; Keller Quartet

ViennaCarl Michael Ziehrer Orchester • Johannes Wildner

Musikverein Wien
Suppé, Strauss II, Waldteufel, Lehár, Ziehrer, Kálmán, Kreisler
Carl Michael Ziehrer Orchester; Johannes Wildner
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Freitag, der Dreizehnte celebrates Schoenberg at the Reaktor

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What do you get for the composer who made – and also kind of broke – everything? Arnold Schoenberg’s well-documented phobia of the number 13 aside, he could not have asked for a superior tribute in his 150th anniversary year.
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A clean, lean “Eroica” from Fischer and the Vienna Philharmonic

Programming his countryman Bartók between two Beethoven works, Ádám Fischer returned to Carnegie Hall with the Vienna Philharmonic. 
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Superb Dvořák 7 from Blomstedt and Vienna Phil

Blomstedt, in splendid form at 91, also paid tribute to his largely forgotten compatriot Franz Berwald, who died 150 years ago.
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Bachtrack top ten: Johann Strauss II

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Music ran through the veins of Johann Strauss II and – despite his father’s opposition – he went on to compose many of the greatest waltzes ever.

Bachtrack top ten: Waltzes

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As the old year gives way to the new, our thoughts turn to Vienna and the New Year's concert. But which are the best waltzes? Mark and Elisabeth decide!