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2022-11-18 18:04:32
Where can you see the Dutch violinist, dubbed the ‘King of Waltz’, and his Johann Strauss Orchestra during this year’s festive season?
2021-05-10 20:04:04
André Rieu is best known for creating theatrical performances of classical music. He is the founder of his waltz-playing orchestra, the Johann Strauss Orchestra. "A lot has happened during the last few months, which gives us new hope to play concerts again for you in the near future," Rieu said in a statement. "Many of […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2020-07-30 04:52:00
From Holland with Love (CD review)
Waltzes I've Saved for You. André Rieu, Johann Strauss Orchestra. Philips 314 522 933-2. Maybe I'm a sucker for sentimentality, but just as I liked Ofra Harnoy's recording of romantically-paced, vibrato-prone Dvorak (RCA) over twenty years ago and which I listened to at about the same time, I enjoyed this disc of old favorites from violinist André Rieu the more I listened to it. This is saying a lot, too, considering that I’m not particularly fond of overrated superstar performers with tens of millions of records to their credit. Playing with a band Rieu formed in 1987, the Johann Strauss Orchestra, and reminiscent of Willi Boskovsky's old Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, the conductor-violinist directs vigorous, lusty, sometimes boisterous, always zesty, and ultimately joyous performances of waltzes and polkas by the Strausses, Lehar, Gruber, and others. Andre Rieu However, […]