Kálmán: Der Zigeunerprimas

Klaus Hager (Performer), Kay Stiefermann (Performer), Emmerich Kalman (Composer), Spoken Word (Composer), Claus Peter Flor (Conductor), Munich Radio Orchestra (Orchestra), Gabriele Rossmanith (Performer), Edith Lienbacher (Performer), Roberto Sacca (Performer), Zoran Todorovic (Performer), Karol Bernath (Performer), Ladislav Hallon (Performer), Martin Likier (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Klaus Hager, Kay Stiefermann, Gabriele Rossmanith, Edith Lienbacher, Roberto Sacca, et al.
• Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra
• Conductor: Claus Peter Flor
• Composer: Emmerich Kalman, Spoken Word
• Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cpo Records
• ASIN: B0007ORDQ8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,000 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Glass of Musical Champagne!, January 26, 2007

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Michael A. Keach "Mike in Tampa" (Tampa, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kálmán: Der Zigeunerprimas (Audio CD)

Early on, having had little success as a composer of 'straight' music, Kálmán mentioned to a friend: "If it goes on like this, I shall write an operetta!" And we should all be glad he did. Kálmán and Lehár kept the theatregoers of Vienna and the rest of Europe and America tapping their toes. If you like your Wiener Waltzer liberally seasoned with Hungarian Csárdá, you'll love this recording. Lots of showstoppers, sparkling tunes and glorious orchestrations all laced together with a passionate gypsy plot about a real Zigeunerprima, Pali Rácz, who the composer had known.

The cast is excellent, the voices of the principles displaying just the right amount of that eastern European 'edginess' one would expect. Claus Peter Flor leads the brilliant Münchner Rundfunkorchester and the huge cast with flair and perhaps just a bit of a mischievous twinkle in his eye. Prosit!