Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Johann Strauss II with his captivating album "Strauss II: Denevér," released on August 1, 2015, under the prestigious Hungaroton label. This exquisite collection of classical masterpieces offers a rich and engaging experience, showcasing the genius of one of the most celebrated composers of the Romantic era.
Spanning over two hours, this album features 25 tracks, all sung in Hungarian, providing a unique and authentic listening experience. The album is a stunning display of Strauss II's compositional brilliance, with a variety of musical scenes, duets, trios, and finales that highlight his unparalleled ability to craft memorable melodies and dynamic orchestrations.
From the opening "Nyitany" to the concluding "Finale," each track is a testament to Strauss II's mastery of the waltz and operetta genres. The album includes iconic pieces such as "Csardas," known for its lively and energetic rhythm, and "Kozjatek," a delightful interlude that showcases the composer's knack for creating charming and whimsical tunes.
Whether you're a seasoned classical music enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, "Strauss II: Denevér" promises an unforgettable journey through the opulent and romantic world of Johann Strauss II. The album's meticulous production and the timeless appeal of Strauss II's compositions make it a valuable addition to any music collection.
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Tracks
Nyitany (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Bevezetes (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Tercett (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Duett (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Tercett (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Finale (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Bevezetes (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Kuple (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Egyuttes es kuple (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Duett (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Csardas (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Finale (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Kozjatek (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Melodrama (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Kuple (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Tercett (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Jelenet (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Finale (Sung in Hungarian)Johann Strauss II, Tibor Udvardy, Karola Agay, Gyorgy Korondy, Gyorgy Siklos, Zsolt Bende, Margit Lászlo, Laszlo Kulkey, Laszlo Palocz, Kalman Latabar, Imre Oszer, Eva Gaal, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel
Johann Strauss II, born in Vienna in 1825, is renowned as one of the most celebrated composers of light music and dance music of the 19th century. Known affectionately as "The Waltz King," Strauss II's compositions, which include over 500 waltzes, polkas, and operettas, have left an indelible mark on the world of classical music. His most famous works, such as "The Blue Danube," "Kaiser-Walzer," and the operetta "Die Fledermaus," continue to captivate audiences with their infectious melodies and lively rhythms. Strauss II's virtuosity as a violinist and his dynamic leadership of Europe's finest salon orchestras further cemented his legacy as a master of his craft. His music, characterized by its elegance and joyous spirit, transcends time, making him a beloved figure in the classical music canon.
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