Johann Strauss - Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions (CD)

Johann Strauss - Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions, Played by Nine Legendary Pianists: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jorge Bolet, Erno Dohnányi, Josef Lhevinne, Moriz Rosenthal, David Saperton, Jan Smeterlin, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Alfred Grunfeld.
Transfers by Ward Marston. [1992, 64 minutes]

"A delightful collection... it includes Rachmaninoff's incomparable performance of the Strauss-Tausig Man lebt nur Einmal." - Classical Pulse

Alfred Grunfeld (1852-1924)
Strauss-Grunfeld: Soiree De Vienne" [recorded 1910]
Strauss-Grunfeld: Frühlingstimmen [recorded 1913]
Jan Smeterlin (1892-1967)
Strauss-Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on Themes from "The Beautiful Blue Danube" (abridged) [recorded 1929]
Erno Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Strauss-Dohnányi: Schatz Waltz [recorded c.1931]
Strauss-Dohnányi: Du und Du Waltz [recorded c.1931]
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Strauss-Tausig: Man Lebt Nur Einmal [recorded 1927]
Jorge Bolet (1914-1990)
Strauss-Tausig: Nachtfalter [recorded 1970]
Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1970)
Strauss-Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes from Die Fledermaus [recorded 1928]
David Saperton (1889-1970)
Strauss-Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes from "Kunstlerleben" [recorded 1928]
Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946)
Strauss-Rosenthal: The Beautiful Blue Danube [recorded 1928]
Josef Lhevinne (1874-1944)
Strauss-Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on Themes from "The Beautiful Blue Danube" [recorded 1928]