CD REVIEW
– JOSEF GUNG'L–
MARCHES, WALTZES and POLKAS
Nuremberg Symphony
Orchestra / Christian
Simonis CPO
777 582/2 66’
At last (!) a
recording company has turned its
spotlight on the Hungarian
composer Josef Gung’l
(1809-1889) whose splendid
waltzes, in particular, were
often a mainstay of many a Light
Music programme during those
fondly remembered Golden Days
of 'our kind of music' on
BBC Radio.
So familiar and
well known were his compositions
in ¾ time that in those far off
days, when I was struggling none
too successfully to master the
art of piano playing, I possessed
a complete album of Gung’l
waltzes!
Included here are 'Träume
auf den Ozean' , 'Amorettentänze'
& 'Die Hydropathen'
interspersed between a delightful
selection of his dance music in
other forms – Marches,
Polkas and Galops.
Since all this
music is vividly recorded and
splendidly played by a fine
German orchestra this is surely a
“must have”
for any serious Light Music
aficionado.
Roger Hyslop
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