Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Nicolai Gedda, Emmy Loose
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Ackermann
The lovely unimpeachable tone, with its admixture of gravity, and the way she floats it, makes Schwarzkopf’s [performance] very special…Other things also impress as much as they ever did; the...
Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Nicolai Gedda, Emmy Loose
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Ackermann
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The lovely unimpeachable tone, with its admixture of gravity, and the way she floats it, makes Schwarzkopf’s [performance] very special…Other things also impress as much as they ever did; the...
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- Erich Kunz (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Emmy Loose (soprano), Anton Niessner (baritone), Joseph Schmidinger (bass), Otakar Kraus (baritone)
- Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Otto Ackermann
- Recorded: 16-18 and 21 April 1953
Act I: Dialogue: Exzellenz, Exzellenz, die Glawari kommt... Bitte, meine Herrn! (Njegus, Zeta, Hanna, Cascada, Saint-Brioche, Men's Chorus)
Track length3:27
Act I: Also bitte, ich bin hier. Wo ist Vaterland? O Vaterland, du machst bei Tag... Da geh' ich zu Maxim (Danilo)
Track length2:18
Act I: Dialogue: Njegus, Geliebter, wo ist Vaterland? (Danilo, Njegus, Hanna, Valencienne, Zeta)
Track length3:44
Act I: Mein Herrschaften, es ist Damenwahl... Damenwahl... (Zeta, Men's Chorus, Hanna, Danilo, Cascada, Saint-Brioche)
Track length2:40
Act I: Hilfe kommt zur rechten Zeit!... O kommet doch, oh kommt, ihr Ballsirenen (Danilo, A Woman, Women's Chorus, All)
Track length1:57
Act I: O Vaterland, du machst bei Tag... Der junge Mann tanzt Polka (Danilo, Cascada, Saint-Brioche, Hanna, Valencienne, Men's Chorus)
Track length1:19
Act I: Pardon, Madame, zuviel Reklam'! (Camille, Hanna, Danilo, Valencienne, Saint-Brioche, Cascada, Men's Chorus)
Track length1:49
Act II: Nun lasst uns aber wie daheim... Es lebt' eine Vilja [Vilja-Lied] (Hanna, Chorus)
Track length5:36
Act II: Dialogue: Herr von Cascada, verzichten Sie auf die Witwe!... (Saint-Brioche, Cascada, Danilo, Zeta)
Track length3:01
Act II: Dialogue: Valencienne, bitte geben... Mein Freund, Vernunft! (Camille, Valencienne)
Track length1:54
Act II: Dialogue: Die Baronin und Herr Rosillon sind im Pavilion (Njegus, Zeta, Danilo)
Track length1:20
Act II: Ha! Ha!... Wie eine Rosenknospe (Danilo, Zeta, Hanna, Valencienne, Camille, Njegus)
Track length3:09
Act II: Dialogue: Nun wissen Sie, meine Herschaften... (Hanna, Chorus, Camille, Valencienne, Danilo, Zeta)
Track length2:35
Act II: Ein flotter Ehestand soll's sein (Hanna, Camille, Zeta, Valencienne, Chorus, Danilo)
Track length2:29
Act III: Dialogue: Exzellenz, man hat im Pavilion diesen Facher gefunden (Njegus, Zeta, Valencienne)
Track length0:20
Awards and reviews
The lovely unimpeachable tone, with its admixture of gravity, and the way she floats it, makes Schwarzkopf’s [performance] very special…Other things also impress as much as they ever did; the colour and shading of Schwarzkopf’s tone and the way her vibrato quickens so decisively…or indeed the way Gedda’s honeyed tone communicates so warmly in his exchanges.
