Cette collection constitue une introduction impressionnante dans les oeuvres de Joseph Lanner, le célèbre ami et contemporain de Strauss. Lanner a prolongé la valse - une fois un morceau de danse court, dans une oeuvre artistique de complète comprenant une introduction, un sequenze de danses et une finale. Ces quatre accords de piano sont les premiers exemples de ces améliorations et de démontrer son inventivité très admirée concernant la valse viennoise. / Piano

Schubert?s dance pieces are truly functional music for everyday use. As far as the development of the genre isconcerned they are immediateprecursors of the Viennese waltzes of Joseph Lanner and Johann Strauß the Elder. Schubert never danced despite his otherwise genial and sociable nature but he was a quite indefatigable improviser of dance music only too happy to play for his friends. The best of these ad hoc melodies now form a rich collection of waltzes ?Deutscher? (German dances) and Ländler (country dances).

Six Pieces by Fritz Kreisler Transcribed for Alto Saxophone and Piano. Fritz Kreisler (1875?1962) was celebrated as one of the greatest violinists of all time. His brilliant technique and rich tone produced a characteristic sound that was and remains immediately identifiable. This collection features six pieces that Kreisler composed or transcribed for violin and piano, here transcribed for alto saxophone and piano. Especially well known are the original pieces Liebesleid and Schon Rosmarin, both of which Kreisler attributed to the now-forgotten composer Joseph Lanner. Caprice Viennois and Rondino on a Theme of Beethoven are likewise original pieces from early in Kreisler?s career, which he would regularly feature as concert encores. The Old Refrainand Midnight Bells are transcriptions, the former of a Viennese popular song and the latter of an excerpt from the operetta Der Opernball by Richard Heuberger. In these six transcriptions, the instrument changes, yet the value remains.

Galopp-Instrumentation: Fl. Picc. / 1 / 2 (E A) / 1 • 4 (E) / 2 (E) / Posthr. (A) / 1 / 0 • Schlw. (gr. Tr. m. Bck. kl. Tr.) • Streicher

Galopp-Instrumentation: 1 / 1 / 2 (F B) / 1 • 2 (F) / 2 (F) / 1 / 0 • Schlw. (gr. Tr. m. Bck. kl. Tr.) • Streicher (1. Vl. 2. Vl. 3. Vl. Vc. Kb.)