Korngold - Straussiana / Stolz - Du Sollst der Kaiser Meiner Seele Sein - T. Grahl, arr.

My own 're-imaginings' of two older classics - Korngold's Straussiana, which is itself a re-arranging of three Strauss numbers, and Robert Stolz' famous aria Du Sollst der Kaiser Meiner Seele Sein, probably one of the only surviving numbers from his operetta Der Favoriet. The large orchestral forces have been paired down to a more intimate setting and I gave both some strange new clothes. The Strauss can't seem to let go of the Donau theme, and ends in a drunken explosion of fireworks; the Stolz can't decide if it's an operetta aria, a cabaret tune, or something else we've already heard (or maybe something Stolz would have heard in a coffee shop somewhere in Vienna, perhaps by Strauss!) Brno Contemporary Orchestra Pavel Šnajdr, Conductor Magdaléna Hebouss, Soprano Live Recording, Cabaret des Péchés, Brno, 11.10.23