Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214, is a polka in A Major by Johann Strauss II, written in 1858 after a successful tour of Russia where he performed in the summer concert season at Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg. It was first performed in a concert in Vienna on 24 November 1858. Tritsch-Tratsch (chit-chat) refers to the Viennese passion for gossip. – Yuja Wang
Other Transcriptions by Wang
Flight of the Bumblebee
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee (Cziffra) transcription
Danse Macabre
Saint-Saëns / Liszt / Horowitz – Dans Macabre transcription
Carmen Variations
Horowitz’s variations on Bizet’s Gypsy Dance transcription
