Lehar: The Merry Widow (Highlights)

Franz Lehar (Composer), Richard Bonynge (Conductor), National Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Regina Resnik (Performer), Joan Sutherland (Performer), Werner Krenn (Performer), Valerie Masterson (Performer), John Brecknock (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Regina Resnik, Joan Sutherland, Werner Krenn, Valerie Masterson, John Brecknock
• Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Composer: Franz Lehar
• Audio CD (January 16, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000041V1
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,934 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture - National PO/Bonynge

2. Act I: March from No.1: Introduction/No.2: Duet 'A highly respectable wife' ... - Valerie Masterson/John Brecknock

3. Act I: No.3: 'Gentlemen, no more' - Joan Sutherland

4. Act I: No.4: Solo-' I'm off to Chez Maxim' ... - WErner Krenn

5. Act I: No.5: Duet-'Proceed. One girl has almond eyes' - Joan Sutherland/Werner Krenn

6. Act I: No.6: Finale I-'Ladies' choice! Did you hear the welcome voice?' - National PO/Bonynge

7. Act II: Vilja Song from No.7: 'Let's all now waken memories' - Joan Sutherland

8. Act II: No.8: Duet-'Such a silly soldier boy' ... - Joan Sutherland/Werner Krenn

9. Act II: Romanza from No.11: 'Love in my heart was dying' - John Brecknock

10. Act II: Excerpt from No.12: Finale II-'This match should last at least a year' - National PO/Bonynge

11. Act III: No.13: The Cake Walk - National PO/Bonynge

12. Act III: 'I was born by cruel fate' - Graeme Ewer

13. Act III: No.14 :Cancan-'We're the famous Maxim playgirls' - National PO/Bonynge

14. Act III: No.15: Duet-'Love unspoken, faith unbroken' - Werner Krenn/Joan Sutherland

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Dame!, July 3, 1999

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This review is from: Lehar: The Merry Widow (Highlights) (Audio CD)

Wonderful to hear the great Dame in Operetta. Her voice is very expressive and beautiful in this recording, her diction, surprisingly good. I find myself listening to this cd everytime I need a "lift". It never fails to make me smile. And the music is glorious. Too bad Sutherland didn't record the Operetta in it's entirety. So we would have to purchased Dame Joan's VHS of "The Merry Widow", in which we would have to suffer with a sixty year old Sutherland's wide vibrato. But she is magnificent here!!!