Founder of the Strauss dynasty of Viennese light-music composers, Johann Strauss established his own dance orchestra, enjoying incredible popularity as composer, conductor and violinist in the ballrooms of Vienna and abroad.

Dance Music
Strauss wrote a large quantity of dance music: waltzes, cotillions, galops, quadrilles, polkas and marches. Of these last the Radetzky March enjoyed the greatest popularity.


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BEETHOVEN, L. van: Triple Concerto / MUSSORGSKY, M. P.: Pictures at an Exhibiton (Dudamel)
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Triple Concerto / MUSSORGSKY, M. P.: Pictures at an Exhibiton (Dudamel)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Ginastera, Alberto -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Strauss I, Johann
Artists: Argerich, Martha -- Capucon, Gautier -- Capucon, Renaud -- Dudamel, Gustavo -- Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Label/Producer: UNITEL
STRAUSS I and II: DANCE AND DREAM - A Night in Vienna
STRAUSS I and II: DANCE AND DREAM - A Night in Vienna
Composers: Lanner, Joseph -- Strauss I, Johann -- Strauss II, Johann -- Strauss, Josef
Artists: Eschwe, Alfred -- Garrett, Lesley -- Master's Vienna Waltz Dance Ensemble -- Vienna Academy Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts
VIENNESE NIGHT AT THE PROMS (Furst, Loughran, Susskind)
VIENNESE NIGHT AT THE PROMS (Furst, Loughran, Susskind)
Composers: Lehar, Franz -- Strauss I, Johann -- Strauss II, Johann -- Suppe, Franz von
Artists: Armstrong, Sheila -- BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra -- BBC Symphony Orchestra -- Furst, Janos -- Halle Orchestra -- Loughran, James -- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra -- Susskind, Walter
Label/Producer: ICA Classics