Helmut Zacharias And His Magic Violins - Strauss Waltzes Mp3

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If we were to borrow a psychologist's device - but for an entirely different purpose - and were to ask a number of people to express the first word that comes to their mind when we say waltz, we're quite sure more than half of them would respond by saying Strauss. For this album, Helmut Zacharis has chosen a collection of the best known and most delightful of Strauss waltzes - Tales From The Vienna Woods, Wine, Women And Song, the Blue Danube, Emperor Waltz, and many others.

He has arranged them - incorporating to their richest and most dramatic potential, his celebrated Magic Violins - with all the authentic enchantment and excitement Strauss wrote into them. To enhance the program further - an accomplishment we doubted, quite frankly, until we heard it = Mr. Zacharias introduces a unique touch of modern orchestration - creating a sound that is at once as traditionally lovely as the Vienna Opera House, and as timely as tomorrow's new bulletins.

Here then, are the waltzes of Johann Strauss, played by Helmut Zacharias and His Magic Violins... a performance of unusual depth and color, as lush as a thousand violins.

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• Label Code (Side 1): DL 8985 MG 7552
• Label Code (Side 2): DL 8985 MG 7553
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): MG7752T1 1 P 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): MG7553T3 1 P 1

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• Manufactured By – Decca Records, Inc.
• Recorded By – Deutsche Grammophon
• Recorded By – Polydor