The Best of Vienna Choir Boys

The Best of Vienna Choir Boys cover $37.80 Special Order
3 - 6 weeks add to cart

STRAUSS / STOLZ / BRAHMS / TRADITIONAL
The Best of Vienna Choir Boys
The Vienna Boys Choir

[ Koch International / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 20 September 2009

This item is only available to us via Special Order. We should be able to get it to you in 3 - 6 weeks from when you order it.

In 1498, half a millenium ago, Emperor Maximilian I moved his court and court musicians from Innsbruck to Vienna. He gave specific instructions for there to be six boys among his musicians. For want of a foundation charter, historians have settled on 1498 as the official foundation date of the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle and the Vienna Choir Boys. The choir sang exclusively for the court, at mass, at rivate concerts and on state occasions. Today there are 95 choristers between age 10 and 14, divided into four touring choirs. The choir sings at Mass in the Imperial Chapel every Sunday, as they have done since 1498.

Tracks:

Strauss: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314
Strauss: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
Strauss: Wiener Blut, Op. 354
Strauss: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214
Traditional: Amazing Grace
Brahms: Song, Op. 49 :: no 4, Wiegenlied
Traditional: Kein schoner Land in dieser dieser Zeit
Provencal Folk Song: Sur le pont d'Avignon

(plus severn more tracks)