Composer: Philipp Fahrbach Junior, Philipp Fahrbach Senior
Orchestra: Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Christian Simonis
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555179-2
Release: 2021
Size: 337 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Fahrbach Jr.: Klapperstorch, Op. 149
02. Fahrbach Jr.: Aus Sympathie, Op. 142
03. Fahrbach Sr.: Ocarina-Walzer, Op. 330
04. Fahrbach Jr.: Fluide-Galopp, Op. 133
05. Fahrbach Jr.: La Perle de Brésil, Op. 159
06. Fahrbach Jr.: Träume der Liebe, Op. 341
07. Fahrbach Jr.: Zirkus, Op. 110
08. Fahrbach Jr.: Souvenir de Madrid, Op. 304
09. Fahrbach Jr.: Columbus-Marsch, Op. 332
10. Fahrbach Jr.: Pariser Opernball-Tänze, Op. 147
11. Fahrbach Jr.: Im Kahlenbergerdörfel, Op. 340
12. Fahrbach Jr.: Wiener Weltausstellungs, Op. 90
13. Fahrbach Sr.: Das Schwarzblatl aus’n Weanerwald, Op. 61
14. Fahrbach Sr.: Talmi-Polka, Op. 304
Following marches, polkas, and waltzes by Benjamin Bilse, Richard Eilenberg, Josef Gung’l, and Carl Millöcker, this new release is now the fifth CPO album with the conductor Christian Simonis. This time he turns to two members of the Fahrbach family of musicians: to Philipp Fahrbach the Younger and Philipp Fahrbach the Elder. In mere numbers the members of the Fahrbach family by far surpassed the members of the Strauss family. Like the Strausses, the Fahrbachs also composed superb dances and marches. Moreover, in the Vienna and Austria of those times the Fahrbach dynasty of musicians contributed enormously to the music culture and development of popular music not only in the capital city’s region but also beyond it.
The titles of the works, the occasions of their composition and performance, and not least the music itself with all its allusions are in the oeuvre of the Fahrbachs just as much “history in music” as they are in the compositions by the Strauss family. The Fahrbachs are no longer so famous today simply because of the poor state of the surviving source documentation. Like his father, Philipp Fahrbach the Younger was a conductor of military and private orchestras and in this capacity of course also a composer. The waltzes of father and son in particular enjoyed great favor among the public and music critics. The musical oeuvre of Philipp Fahrbach the Younger comprises more than five hundred compositions, most of which can be assigned to the genres of Viennese dance and march music. His most successful and most famous work is also heard on this album: the brilliant polka française “Im Kahlenbergerdörfel, Op. 340.