Since you are interested in The Best of Vol 4 (Incls 'Zig-zag polka' & 'Solitude Waltz'), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
VIVALDI
Concerti a quattro violini [concertos for four violins] Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] "…Banchini achieves performances which are polished, clearly argued and meticulously prepared. A rewarding disc…" BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 **** |
WALDTEUFEL
The Best of Vol 2 (Incls 'Dans les nuages, Waltz' & 'Les Bohemiens, Polka') Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "the approach of the Slovak Orchestra is refreshingly direct ....the playing throughout these performances has finesse as well as vigour" Gramophone |
JOSEF STRAUSS
Edition Vol. 5 (incls Die Gazelle, Polka Mazur, & Defilier-Marsch) Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Christian Pollack (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 28/May/2006 ] The Josef Strauss complete edition continues. |
JOSEF STRAUSS
Edition Vol. 7 (incls Jucker-Polka & Friedenspalmen, Walzer) Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Mika Eichenholz (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] "This is frustrating. I am running short of superlatives for the various Strauss series on Marco Polo" - Fanfare |
JOSEF STRAUSS
Edition Vol. 8 (incls Sylphide, Polka francaise & Wiener Stimmen, Walzer) Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Mika Eichenholz (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] "The Kosice Orchestra plays this music with superb feeling" - Fanfare |
DVORAK
Opera Overtures and Preludes Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Robert Stankovsky [ Marco Polo / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] Antonín Dvorák was born in 1841, the son of a butcher and innkeeper in the village of Nelahozeves, near the Bohemian town of Kralupy, some forty miles north of Prague. |
LUMBYE
Orchestral Works, Vol. 10 (incls Bouquet Royal Galop & Galop militaire, Pas de deux) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / David Riddell (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] Hans Christian Lumbye, today the internationally best known and most popular Danish composer of dances of the nineteenth century, was born in Copenhagen on 2nd May 1810. |
LUMBYE
Orchestral Works, Vol. 11 (incls The Alleenberg Steam Carousel Galop & Polka militaire) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / David Riddell (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] Hans Christian Lumbye, today the internationally best known and most popular Danish composer of dances of the nineteenth century, was born in Copenhagen on 2nd May 1810. |
LUMBYE
Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (incls Souvenir de Jenny Lind, Vals & Diana Galop) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / David Riddell (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] Hans Christian Lumbye, today the internationally best known and most popular Danish composer of dances of the nineteenth century, was born in Copenhagen on 2nd May 1810. |
LUMBYE
Orchestral Works, Vol. 8 (incls Tivolis Rutschbane Galop & Alexandra Polka) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / David Riddell (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] Hans Christian Lumbye, today the internationally best known and most popular Danish composer of dances of the nineteenth century, was born in Copenhagen on 2nd May 1810. |
LUMBYE
Orchestral Works, Vol. 9 (incls Prinsen af Wales, Galop & Donau Blumen, Quadrille) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / David Riddell (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] Hans Christian Lumbye, today the internationally best known and most popular Danish composer of dances of the nineteenth century, was born in Copenhagen on 2nd May 1810. |
LUMBYE
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (incls Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop & Champagne Galop) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / Giordano Bellincampi (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] "Tivoli Symphony Orchestra ensures the utmost authenticity and charm in the performances" - Gramophone |
LUMBYE
Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 (incls The Battle at Idsted, Fantasy & Congratulations Galop) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / Giordano Bellincampi (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] "A disc which is well worth considering; anyone who enjoys the music of the Strauss family (and who doesn't?) will enjoy this." (MusicWeb June 2001) |