Strauss/ Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina/ Pollack - Johann Strauss Edition 20Johann Strauss the Elder' compositions of the mid 1840s are among his very finest. As ever they are saturated with his seemingly inexhaustible vitality and invention, qualities admired by dancers and critics alike.

Whether it is Mark Verhaeghen and Dirk Ivens in the old days of The Klinik or Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb in Front Line Assembly: If a diverse duo can agree on a joint artistic vision and modus operandi

" Ever since

" which was the first song he wrote for the record

This album went on selling well over 20

As is often the case

and musical dimensions were to be combined

Coppelius goes to the local tavern

"Blowin' Your Mind

Jamie Baum

Flying Nun

spiritual Jazz-Funk

harshness and a haunting atmosphere