Strauss — Carnaval de Vienne (Rosenthal Concert Paraphrase) | Nareh Arghamanyan live in Vienna

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As the year of Johann Strauss’ 200th birthday draws to a close — and with the Vienna New Year’s Concert just hours away — I want to send you all a heartfelt “Guten Rutsch” and warm New Year greetings from Vienna.

Moriz Rosenthal (1862–1946) belonged to that astonishing generation of Viennese pianist-composers who played, improvised, wrote, transformed — and truly lived music. In his Humoreske on themes from Johann Strauss II’s Carnaval de Vienne, Rosenthal shapes Strauss’ waltz world into a breathtakingly demanding concert paraphrase — equal parts elegance, wit, fantasy, and fearless bravura.

I performed this work as the finale of my 2025 Christmas Concert in Vienna. It is a live performance — so forgive the wrong notes 🙂 — because for me what mattered more was the atmosphere, spontaneity, and exuberant joy I wanted to share with you. No risk, no fun!

🎹 Strauss — Carnaval de Vienne, Op. 26 (Rosenthal Paraphrase)
This piece stands in the great lineage of pianist-composers — Liszt, Godowsky, Rosenthal — who re-imagined Strauss’ dances for the concert stage, turning familiar melodies into poetic fantasy and pianistic theatre. In Carnaval de Vienne, charm and irony meet sweeping lyricism and brilliant virtuosity: the Viennese gesture seen through a late-Romantic piano lens.

This release also marks the closing months of the Johann Strauss 200th Anniversary Year (1825–2025) — a reminder of how Strauss’ music continues to live on through new interpretations, new paraphrases, and new performing traditions.

🎹 Performed by Nareh Arghamanyan
on a Bösendorfer VC 280

🎟 Join me in Vienna — Birthday Concert | January 23, 2026
This video is part of the musical journey leading toward my Birthday Concert in Vienna — a personal evening full of surprises, encores, and works close to my heart. I would be truly happy to see you there in person.

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If you’re coming — tell me in the comments! 💫

Let me know how this interpretation speaks to you — and whether you’d like to hear more Strauss paraphrases and Viennese repertoire in the future.

With gratitude to all my listeners, friends, and supporters —
Have a wonderful New Year!

— Nareh

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📍 Recorded live — Vienna
🎧 Audio: https://www.dieklangschmiede.at/
🎬 Video: Ulrich Kaufmann & Sigrid Friedmann

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