Enjoy a playlist of happy and light classical music, complete with festive and fun polkas, waltzes, galops and serenades from Strauss, Offenbach, Sousa and more! Perfect for entertaining guests at gatherings and parties.
Playlist:
00:00
Johann Strauss II
Champagne Polka
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Johannes Wildner, conductor
02:14
Josef Bayer
Sun and Earth: Scene IV: Polka - Waltz
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
05:05
Karel Komzak II
Storm Galop
Schwanen Salon Orchestra
Georg Huber, conductor
07:46
Jacques Offenbach
La Vie Parisienne: Polka
Budapest Strauss Ensemble
Istvan Bogar, conductor
10:10
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Mattinata
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
12:18
Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr.
Gavotte
Gottingen Symphony Orchestra
Christian Simonis, conductor
17:25
Engelbert Humperdinck
Sleeping Beauty: Festival Sounds
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Martin Fischer-Dieskau, conductor
19:34
Bedrich Smetana
Minuet in B-flat major
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Robert Stankovsky, conductor
21:46
John Philip Sousa
People Who Live in Glass Houses: II. The Rhine Wines
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Keith Brion, conductor
24:51
Camille Saint-Saens
Caprice-Valse "Wedding Cake"
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
Romain Descharmes, piano
Marc Soustrot, conductor
31:24
Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr.
Valse Lento
Gottingen Symphony Orchestra
Christian Simonis, conductor
35:01
Carl Michael Ziehrer
Mein Feld ist die Welt (The World is Mine)
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Michale Dittrich, conductor
37:54
Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song)
Johann Strauss II
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
43:53
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: III. Un Sonnet d'Amour
RTE Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Leaper, conductor
47:49
Johann Strauss II/Josef Strauss
Pizzicato Polka
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
50:19
Johann Strauss I
Beliebte Sperre-Polka (Beloved Sperl-Polka)
Slovak Sinfonietta, Zilina
Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor
52:42
Edward Elgar
Salut d'Amour
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Leaper, conductor
56:05
Karel Komzak II
Maiblumchen (Mayflower), Polka Francaise
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Pollack, conductor
Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.
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