Strauss-Cziffra – Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka – Yuja Wang, Piano

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

Yuja Wang is playing Cziffra's transcription for piano of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee

Danse Macabre

Saint-Saëns / Liszt / Horowitz – Dans Macabre transcription

Saint-Saëns / Liszt / Horowitz - Danse Macabre - Wang, Piano

Carmen Variations

Horowitz’s variations on Bizet’s Gypsy Dance transcription

Yuja Wang plays Horowitz's variations on Bizet's Gypsy Dance from his opera Carmen