Hans Knappertsbusch – Johann Strauss II and Contemporaries: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches by Hans Knappertsbusch (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Hans Knappertsbusch – Johann Strauss II and Contemporaries: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches by Hans Knappertsbusch (2023)
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Hans Knappertsbusch (born March 12, 1888 in Elberfeld (today: Wuppertal); October 25, 1965 in Munich) was a German conductor.

Hans Knappertsbusch was born as the son of a manufacturer from Elberfeld. He already showed his interest in conducting as a student by conducting the orchestra of the local gymnasium. After graduating from school, he studied at the conservatory in Cologne. There he learned conducting from the then famous Fritz Steinbach. From 1909, his early work as a Kapellmeister included Mülheim an der Ruhr, Bochum, Elberfeld and Leipzig. At the same time, he assisted the then festival director Siegfried Wagner and, above all, the Wagner conductor Hans Richter in Bayreuth from 1909 to 1912. This was a time that had a formative influence on his musical interpretation style and initiated his development as a Wagner conductor of international stature. In 1914 he first gained attention by directing the Wagner Festival in Holland. His path then led him to Munich via the Dessau Court Opera, where he became Germany’s youngest general music director in 1919. Here he succeeded Bruno Walter as director of the Bavarian State Opera and the Academy Concerts at the Odeon in 1922, a position he held until 1935. in 1924 he was appointed professor…

Tracklist:
1-1. Hans Knappertsbusch – Johann Strauss II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald Walzer, Op. 325 (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1957) (12:14)
1-2. Hans Knappertsbusch – Johann Strauss II: Accellerationen Walzer, Op. 234 (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1957) (09:39)
1-3. Hans Knappertsbusch – Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1957) (03:06)
1-4. Hans Knappertsbusch – Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka, Op. 117 (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1957) (04:24)
1-5. Hans Knappertsbusch – Karel Komzák II: Bad’ner Mad’In Walzer, Op. 257 (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1957) (09:15)
1-6. Hans Knappertsbusch – Carl Michael Ziehrer: Wiener Bürger Walzer, Op. 419 (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1957) (09:11)
2-1. Hans Knappertsbusch – Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1957) (03:02)
2-2. Hans Knappertsbusch – Johann Strauss II: Leichtes Blut Polka, Op. 319 (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1957) (02:55)
2-3. Hans Knappertsbusch – Carl Maria von Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanze, Op. 65 (Orchestration: Hector Berlioz) (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1960) (11:07)
2-4. Hans Knappertsbusch – Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Overture (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1960) (08:53)
2-5. Hans Knappertsbusch – Franz Schubert: Militärmarsch No. 1, D. 733: Allegro vivace (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1960) (05:26)
2-6. Hans Knappertsbusch – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Waltz of the Flowers (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1960) (08:02)

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