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Track(s) taken from CDA67169

Seufzer-Galopp, Op 9

composer
December 1828

The Gaudier Ensemble
Recording details: December 1999
St George's, Brandon Hill, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: November 2000
Total duration: 1 minutes 38 seconds
 

Reviews

‘Played with a controlled panache that adds extra fizz to the music’s already infectious gaiety’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘The Gaudier Ensemble regularly wins rave reviews here and elsewhere. This disc easily sustains their reputation as ideal in every way. Sad must be the soul who would not be enchanted by this release’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘A constant delight’ (Hi-Fi News)
The elder Johann Strauss began his career with his own orchestra in October 1825, a month after splitting from his friend and rival, Joseph Lanner. Before long his dance compositions became sufficiently popular to find their way into print. Galops form a significant part of his early output, since the style was one of the most popular of the 1820s and 1830s. They provided dancers with lively but – to avoid over-exhaustion – necessarily brief exertion. The Seufzer-Galopp (‘Sigh Galop’) was among a batch of Strauss’s dances published in December 1828, the sighs of the title being depicted in the falling notes of the fourth of the dance’s four eight-bar sections.

from notes by Andrew Lamb © 2000

Johann Strauss I débuta sa carrière, avec son propre orchestre, en octobre 1825, un mois après s’être séparé de son ami et rival, Joseph Lanner. Ses compositions de danse devinrent bien vite assez populaires pour être imprimées. Le galop, l’un des styles les plus populaires des années 1820-1830, constitue une part importante de sa production de jeunesse. Il était, pour les danseurs, l’occasion d’un exercice animé mais – pour éviter tout épuisement à outrance – nécessairement bref. Le Seufzer-Galopp (« Galop des soupirs ») appartenait à un corpus de danses de Strauss publié en décembre 1828, les soupirs du titre étant dépeints dans les notes descendantes de la dernière des quatre sections à huit mesures de la danse.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Lamb © 2000
Français: Hypérion

Johann Strauß (Vater) begann seine Karriere als Leiter eines eigenen Orchesters im Oktober 1825, einen Monat nachdem er sich von seinem Freund und Rivalen Joseph Lanner getrennt hatte. Bald darauf waren seine Tanzkompositionen bereits beliebt genug, um im Druck zu erscheinen. Galopps bildeten einen erheblichen Teil seines frühen Schaffens, da dieser Stil in den 1820er und 1830er Jahren besonders beliebt war. Sie boten Tänzern eine schwungvolle, aber (um Überanstrengung zu vermeiden) kurze Möglichkeit, sich auszutoben. Der Seufzer-Galopp gehört zu einer im Dezember 1828 publizierten Gruppe von Strauß’ Tänzen – die Seufzer des Titels werden in den absteigenden Quarten im letzten der vier achttaktigen Abschnitte des Tanzes dargestellt.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Lamb © 2000
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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