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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, transcribed — 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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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

Johann Strauß II — Carnaval de Vienne, in der Konzertparaphrase ("Humoreske") von Moriz Rosenthal: eine Hommage an die Wiener Tanz- und Walzertradition, verwandelt in ein virtuoses Schaustück für Solo-Klavier.

Diese Aufnahme sucht die Verbindung zu der Tradition der Klavier-Virtuosen hier in Wien, die zu allererst Musiker waren (und nicht nur Interpreten) und auch improvisiert und komponiert haben: Godowsky, Rosenthal, Grünfeld, Schütt: sie alle haben sich von der Musik von Johann Strauss inspirieren lassen und Konzertparaphrasen geschrieben, in denen vertraute Walzermelodien den Grundstock für virtuose Klavier-Kompositionen geboten haben.

Gerade in der Zeit rund um das Wiener Neujahrskonzert, in der Strauß’ Musik weltweit gefeiert wird, zeigt diese Paraphrase, wie das musikalisches Erbe von Johann Strauß auch im Klavier- und Paraphrase-Repertoire weiterlebt.

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