Rendezvous Wine & Music: An Encounter Between Two Art Forms
(AWMB, May 2009) - An inspiring new double-CD captures the exciting combination of Austrian wine and classical music. Wine and music have a great deal in common. Just look at the vocabulary alone: words used to describe a good wine are strikingly similar to those used to characterise musical compositions - vivacious, effervescent, elegant, rich. And it is shown over and over again how wine actually plays a significant role in music; the popular aria “Finch' han dal vino” (Champagne Aria) from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, is a fine example. And of course, there are many lovers of classical music who also are great wine culture friends as well.
Inspired by this, a group of serious Austrian music specialists came together and created the concept of combining these two beautiful arts into one work.
Josef Vejvoda, director of the Concerto Classic Wien orchestra – and a musician in this orchestra as well - assembled a crew of professional musicians, including conductor Leopold Hager, baritone Anton Scharinger, Dr. Eduard Strauss (great-grandson of Eduard Strauss and great-great-grandson of Johann Strauss I) and especially the orchestra Concerto Classic Wien itself. Then, ultimately, he found the ideal wine partner – the congenial Willi Klinger, manager of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB).
Together, they selected three pieces of music to fit to each of eight types of Austrian wines; the 24 pieces have been performed by the Concerto Classic Wien especially for the double-CD.
Wine and music fans – at an evening get-together at home, for example - can test which of their preferred pieces of music fit best to the wines; a challenge that is not always easy, but nevertheless is very exciting and certainly entertaining.
The interested and curious can order the double-CD, which includes a detailed duel-language booklet, at www.concerto-classic-wien.at . Also at this site is a contest in which participants can vote for the best combinations of wine and music. The price of the double-CD is € 29.90.
Additional addresses for ordering:
Concerto Classic Wien, Postfach 6P, 1094 Wien
bestellung@ccw.co.at
Press information, May 2009
AWMB, Susanne Staggl
Tel.: +43 1 503 92 67
Fax: +43 1 503 92 68
E-Mail: info@austrianwine.com
