This year we celebrate the bicentennial of Johann Strauss, Jr., born October 25, 1825. To mark the anniversary, host Oliver Camacho shares some of his favorite vocal music by Strauss including “Voices of Spring,” selections from the operettas and pastiches, and other ballroom repertoire for voice and orchestra.
Johann Strauss Jr. at 200
Johann Strauss II (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
All selections composed by or adapted from Johann Strauss, Jr.
“Mein Herr Marquis” (Adele’s Laughing Song) from Die Fledermaus
Rita Streich, soprano
RIAS Kammerchor
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Kurt Gaebel
Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 40
Max Emanuel Cenčić, treble
Roman Ortner, piano
“Komm in die Gondel” from Eine Nacht in Venedig
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Vienna Philharmonic/Ádám Fischer
“Sei mir gegrüsst, du holdes Venezia!” from Eine Nacht in Venedig
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Munich Radio Orchestra/Hans Moltkau
“Wer uns getraut?” from Die Zigeunerbaron
Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Franz Allers
“Launisches Glück” from Tausend und eine Nacht arr. Ernst Reiterer
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Staatskapelle Berlin/Frieder Weissman
Nun’s Chorus and Laura’s Song from Casanova arr. Ralph Benatzky
Lucia Popp, soprano
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Wienerwald Lerchen arr. Max Schöner
Cristina Deutekom, soprano
Vienna Folk Opera Orchestra/Franz Allers
Wo die Zitronen blühen, Op. 364 arr. Richard Genée
Sumi Jo, soprano
Vienna Folk Opera Orchestra/Rudolf Bibl
“Dieser Anstand, so manierlich” (The Watch Duet) from Die Fledermaus
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Vienna Philharmonic/Ádám Fischer
“Klänge der Heimat” (Czárdás) from Die Fledermaus
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Vienna Philharmonic/André Previn
