Tauber & Lehar [Original recording remastered]

Franz Lehar (Composer), Franz Lehár (Conductor), Ernst Hauke (Conductor), Henry Geehl (Conductor), Ronnie Munro (Conductor), Franz Schonbaumsfeld (Conductor), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Conductor), Frank Collinson (Conductor), Berliner Staatskapelle (Orchestra), Staatskapelle Berlin (Orchestra), Berlin Deutsche Künstler Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Berlin Metropolitan Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Lyceum Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra), Vera Schwarz (Performer), Carlotta Vanconti (Performer), Jarmila Novotna (Performer), Gitta Alpar (Performer), Evelyn Laye (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Vera Schwarz, Carlotta Vanconti, Jarmila Novotna, Gitta Alpar, Evelyn Laye
• Orchestra: Berliner Staatskapelle, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Deutsche Künstler Theater Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, et al.
• Conductor: Franz Lehár, Ernst Hauke, Henry Geehl, Ronnie Munro, Franz Schonbaumsfeld, et al.
• Composer: Franz Lehar
• Audio CD (October 2, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B00005J7DC
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,420 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from 'Das Land des Lächelns')

2. Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles), operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Die gelbe Jacke'): Ich trete ins Zimmer - Immer nur läch

3. Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles), operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Die gelbe Jacke'): Ach, trinken Sie vielleicht mit mir e

4. Von Apfelablüten einen Kranz, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from 'Das Land des Lächelsn')

5. Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles), operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Die gelbe Jacke'): Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz gesenk

6. Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles), operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Die gelbe Jacke'): Ihr Götter sagt, was ist mit mir gesc

7. O Mädchen, mein Mädchen, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from 'Friederike')

8. Friederike, operetta in 3 acts: Heimlich klingt in meiner Seele-Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn

9. Friederike, operetta in 3 acts: O wie schön, wie wunderschön

10. Friederike, operetta in 3 acts: Liebe, goldener Traum

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Disc: 2

1. Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from 'Giuditta')

2. Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from 'Giuditta')

3. Giuditta, opera in 5 acts: Welch' tiefes Rätsel ist die Liebe - Du bist meine Sonne

4. Giuditta, opera in 5 acts: So wie um den Sonnenball

5. Schönste der Frauen, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from 'Giuditta')

6. Schön ist die Welt, operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Endlich Allein'): Bruder Leichtsinn, wo werd' ich genannt - Schön ist die Welt

7. Schön ist die Welt, operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Endlich Allein'): Liebste, glaub' an mich

8. Schön ist die Welt, operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Endlich Allein'): Frei und jung dabei

9. Schön ist die Welt, operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Endlich Allein'): Es steht vom Lieben...

10. Der Rastelbinder, operetta in 2 acts: Ein Ausflug mit Ihnen - Wenn zwei sich lieben

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4.0 out of 5 stars A memento of a productive partnership., November 18, 2001

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John Austin "[e-mail]" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tauber & Lehar (Audio CD)

EMI commemorate in this double CD a remarkable partnership in the C20th world of music. It began in Berlin in 1926. It had been 20 years since Franz Lehar's "Die lustige Witwe" became the light opera that everyone wanted to see. In places like Beunos Aires it had run simultaneously in five theatres in five different languages. Lehar's subsequent productions had met with diminishing success. His latest light opera, "Paganini", which contained some of his best music, had flopped at its Vienna premiere. Nervous and dispirited as its Berlin premiere drew near, Lehar wrote to the tenor Richard Tauber, "You must sing in Berlin, a second flop is inconceivable for me. I'm suddenly afraid of everything to do with the theatre - I'm getting old".

Tauber obliged. The Berlin production was a resounding success, Tauber sometimes being required to repeat "Gern hab' ich die Frau'n gekusst" as many as five times. Lehar admitted, "Richard, during this moment I have been born again as an artist!" And so began a great final flowering of Lehar theatre productions, all featuring the Austrian tenor Richard Tauber.

Fortunately the Lehar-Tauber association resulted in an extensive series of recordings, in many of which Lehar conducts the orchestra. EMI began issuing a collection of them towards the end of the LP era, and now, in 2001, they are collected onto this double CD. I read the claim that a great many of the tracks appear on CD for the first time, but here in Australia most have already been available on CD.

I don't always find Tauber unexcelled in this repertoire, preferring other tenors sometimes and their recordings. Several of the "Paganini" recordings were made before the Berlin season opened. Tauber and his then wife Carlotta Vanconti sound as though they are sight-reading unfamiliar music. I once possessed several of the "Das Land des Lachelns" items on 78s. The 1929 sound seemed robust and full then, but seems sadly emasculated here.

Tauber, I believe, somehow had the secret of touching the hearts and minds of all who listened to his singing - composers, colleagues, chancellors and charwomen. This comprehensive and well-planned issue will ensure that his work with the Hungarian composer Franz Lehar will continue to charm and delight.