Johann Strauss II: INDIGO & die vierzig Räuber (40 Thieves) ERSTES (No.1) POTPOURRI für PIANO (1871)

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Johann Strauss II: INDIGO und die vierzig Räuber (INDIGO and the Forty Thieves インディゴと４０人の盗賊) ERSTES (No. 1) POTPOURRI für PIANO (1871)
Publisher: C.A. Spina, Vienna. 1871 Plate No. C.S.22,130
Performed by Dr. Taka S. Otagawa drive.google.c...
Recorded LIVE in January 1993 at his Residence in Fremont, California
[Devoted AUDIENCE: MYRNA (spouse) & DORY+MELODY (shelties)]
Equipment: TOYO A-25 Grand Piano 5’8” (hand-built in 1982 using some European parts applying Japanese high-quality craftsmanship), DENON “Digital” Stereo Microphone, Nakamichi Cassette Deck
“INDIGO und die vierzig Räuber“ was the first of Johann II’s Operettas, and was staged on February 10, 1871 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria. • Indigo und die 40 Räub... The Operetta lasted almost four (4) hours! The story is based on the tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. Thus, the Operetta contains some charming un-Strauss-like “exotic” melodies. • Johann Strauss II: IND... 3 Potpourris were arranged by the Publisher based on Johann II’s original score prior to the premiere of the Operetta. drive.google.c... (Pages 1-19 contain the original score of 1001 Nights Waltz op.346 • Tausend und eine Nacht... ) Therefore, the Potpourris contain some songs that were discarded from the final version of the Operetta. For example, the dashing “Zankduett” (Allegro assai) in pages 14-15 of the 1st Potpourri might have been the original ending of Act I.

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