Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice; Marek Stilec - Eduard Strauss I: A Centenary Celebration, Vol. 3

Though he is much less well remembered than his more famous brothers, Johann II and Josef, Eduard Strauss was the master of the quick polka and the galop with a succession of distinctive and beguiling melodies and a genius for orchestration. This latest release continues the rediscovery of his music with a succession of pieces, all of which are receiving their first commercial recordings. His music was performed at some of Vienna's most glittering balls and carnival festivities with Eduard offering such a la mode pieces as the Electric Lights waltz and the ingenious equine polka, Leaps of Pegasus.