Johann Strauss II: Wellen und Wogen (Waves and Billows 大波・小波 ) Walzer op.141 (1) Piano (2) Orchestra

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Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): Wellen und Wogen (Waves and Billows 大波・小波) Walzer Op. 141 - (1) Piano (2) 8:55 Orchestra
1st Performance: Sunday October 9, 1853 - Grand Year’s End Festival with brilliant decorations - k.k. (Imperial) Volksgarten - performed by the Strauβkapelle conducted by Johann Strauss II During the Concert Johann II performed excerpts from WAGNER’s Tannhäuser (for the 1st time in Vienna) including    • Pilgerchor | Pilgrims' Chorus [with Englis...   Johann II also presented for the 1st time:    • Kron, Op. 139: Kron-Marsch, Op. 139  
Sources: 1st edition Piano Score published by Carl Haslinger, Wien Plate no. C. H. 11,637 (2.19.1854) Strauβ Edition Wien Orchestral Score 1 10A 141 W
The Piano: Joh op.141 wav(lossless): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wlo_... Performed by Dr. Taka S. [STRAUSS] Otagawa Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (Texas A&M), US Citizen 小田川 隆朗 理工学博士 (= The Pianist) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ua5y... Recorded LIVE (8.21.1977, 2.18.1978) at Herr Karasawa (唐澤俊三)* Residence, Yokohama, JAPAN [* Founder/Director of the Tokyo Johann Strauβ Ensemble] Equipment: Top-of-the-line Yamaha Upright Piano, TEAC Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder, Professional Recording Microphone ANALYSIS of “The HISTORICAL PIANO RECORDINGS” by Herr Karasawa https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JEPK...
The Orchestral Performance (Restored / Edited by The Pianist): Joh op.141 wav(lossless): https://drive.google.com/file/d/10kb3... Courtesy of Otto Schulz-Biedermeier Orchestra (1950s)

The principal Waltz 1A theme [in the key of D major] comprises “unique-uncommon “ chords as: Bar 1: D [D major] → Bar 3: Dmaj7th [= D + F♯m[minor] D-F♯-A-C♯] → Bar 5: Suspended chord Esus4th [E-A-B] → Bar 7: Augmented chord Bb+5th [Bb-D-F♯], creating the "Beautiful STRAUSS Sound".

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From the original Marco Polo CD NOTEs about Wellen und Wogen, Walzer (Waves and Billows, Waltz) op. 141 [written in 1989 by Herr PETER KEMP, Honorary Life President of The Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain]:
During a concert tour of Germany in October and November 1852, Johann Strauss made a visit to Hamburg where he conceived the idea of composing a waltz suited more to the concert platform than the dance floor. This first tentative step in the further development of the waltz was entitled Wellen und Wogen, a title admirably suited to the mood of this musical seascape. Although it excited no particular attention at its première on 9 October 1853 at a benefit concert in the Vienna Volksgarten, it drew comment from many corners upon its subsequent publication. Vienna's revered critic, the 'Music Pope' Eduard Hanslick, dismissed this and other Strauss "waltz requiems" of the period as "no longer appropriate to the dance". But Johann had achieved his aim, and must have been gratified by the opinion of the Theaterzeitung: "This 'Wellen und Wogen' does not have an electrifying effect only on dancing enthusiasts; these enchanting sounds also exercise an irresistible power of attraction on the colder and more demanding visitors to the soiree".