Composer: Johann Strauss
Orchestra: ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Conductor: Ernst Theis
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777950-2
Release: 2018
Size: 572 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Aschenbrödel
CD 01
Act I (Reconstructed by M. Rot)
01. Vorspiel
02. Scene 1
03. Zwischenbild Vorspiel
04. Zwischenbild
CD 02
Act II (Reconstructed by M. Rot)
01. Vorspiel
02. Scene 1
Act III (Reconstructed by M. Rot)
03. Zwischenspiel 1
04. Vorspiel
05. Scene 1
06. Zwischenspiel 2
07. Scene 2
08. Zwischenspiel 3
09. Scene 3
It is not at all surprising that a composer of dance music might eventually get around to writing a full-length dance composition. But the music for the full-length ballet Aschenbrödel (Cinderella) is the swan song of Johann Strauss. Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to complete the work. Before his death he had orchestrated the first act and half of the third act. Ballet composer Josef Bayer was assigned the task of completing the work, and he used the extensive sketches to produce a performable version. Over the years a lot of new source material has surfaced. On the basis of these sources the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra of Vienna has made a new recording of this work. The result is also a sort of rediscovery of Aschenbrödel. The conductor is the Strauss specialist Ernst Theis.