Countess Maritza

Emmerich Kalman (Composer), Barry Wordsworth (Conductor), Stirling (Performer), Richard Friedman (Performer), Marilyn Hill Smith (Performer), Davina Adshead (Performer), Lynn Barber (Performer), Rachel Barlow (Performer), Harmony Blake (Performer), Osmond Bullock (Performer), Rebecca Crinnion (Performer), Joan Davies (Performer), Tudor Davies (Performer), Michael Fitchew (Performer), Sophia Furlong (Performer), Laureen Livingstone (Performer), Barry Martin (Performer), Carolyn Morrissey (Performer), Marie Morrissey (Performer), Julian Moyle (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Stirling, Richard Friedman, Marilyn Hill Smith, Davina Adshead, Lynn Barber, et al.
• Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
• Composer: Emmerich Kalman
• Audio CD (August 26, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jay Records
• ASIN: B000005BH8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #333,534 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Luck Is a Golden Dream

3. How Do You Do?

4. Vienna Mine

5. Set the Gipsy Music Playing

6. Childhood Memories

7. Let's Go to Varasdin

8. Play Gipsy - Final (Act 1)

9. When I Start Dreaming

10. Corks Are Popping

11. Be Mine, My Love, Be Mine

12. Finale (Act 2)

13. Nut Brown Maiden from the Prairie

14. Finale (Act 3) Waltz Our Worries Away

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just OK, February 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Countess Maritza (Audio CD)

This is not a bad recording but it has some serious problems. Although it's sung in English, some of the diction is so mushy (particularly the lead tenor's) that it's hard to tell what the language is. The vocal performances overall are missing the Viennese/Hungarian style. There's a bit too much of the English music hall stylistically, particularly in the comic numbers. Still, Kalman's music is glorious and deserves to be better-known than it is.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Countess, May 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Countess Maritza (Audio CD)

I love this opperetta! I was first introduced to it when I was cast as a village child, actually Juliska and the music just waltz's my worries away!