This is the rare 3-CD Strauss compilation from Reader's Digest Canada. Reader's Digest later issued a 2-CD edition, but this is the better set.

It features many of Strauss' major waltzes conducted by the great Jascha Horenstein, which makes this set worth the money alone.

Condition: Gently Used
CDs are in very good shape
Jewel case has some minor scruff but in good shape
The booklet is in very good shape

Readers Digest is known for producing excellent light classical music compilation and this Strauss collection is a prime example of it. The recording quality and orchestra selections are exceptional with an overall softer tone than most arrangements.

Comes with a detailed 26-page listening guide with biographical information and notes on each selection.

Makes for a great night of listening - and who knows, even some waltzing around the living room may be in order! Check out the included tracks. This is an exceptional collection:

Tracklist
CD-1 Golden Waltzes That Will Live Forever
1-1 The Blue Danube
1-2 Voices Of Spring
1-3 Vienna Bonbons
1-4 Wine, Women And Song
1-5 Roses From The South
1-6 Tales From The Vienna Woods
1-7 Emperor Waltz

CD-2 Sparkling Favorites
2-1 Overture To "The Gypsy Baron"
2-2 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
2-3 Excursion Train Polka
2-4 Persian March
2-5 Perpetual Motion
2-6 Pizzicato Polka
2-7 Annen Polka
2-8 Champagne Polka
2-9 Czardas From "Die Fledermaus"
2-10 Egyptian March
2-11 New Pizzicato Polka
2-12 Leichtes Blut Polka
2-13 Thunder And Lightning Polka
- Die Fledermaus - Highlights -
2-14 Overture
2-15 Oh, For The Life Of An Actress (Adele)
2-16 Stone Walls (Adele, Rosalinda, Eisenstein)
2-17 What Ev'ry Woman Wants To Know ((Rosalinda, Alfred, Frank)
2-18 For Amusement At A Ball (Chorus)
2-19 A Most Successful Host (Orlofsky); Laughing Song; First Impressions (Adele And Chorus)
2-20 Health And Happiness (Adele, Orlofsky, Dr Falke, Eisenstein, Frank And Chorus)

CD-3 Memories In Waltz-Time
3-1 Artist's Life
3-2 Where The Citrons Bloom
3-3 A Thousand And One Nights
3-4 Acceleration Waltz
3-5 Kiss Waltz
3-6 Morning Papers
3-7 Love Song Waltzes
3-8 Lagoon Waltz From "A Night In Venice"
3-9 Vienna Blood

Great dinner music or just relaxing in the living room before bed.

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