To see in 2024 in the customary Viennese style, I’ve transferred an LP of music by Johann Strauss II: waltzes, polkas and a Die Fledermaus pot-pourri.
Otto Dobrindt (1886-1963) recorded for both 78s and LPs, but his name is generally forgotten. In the UK several of his recordings were issued on various labels from the Saga group. The LP presented here appeared in various guises: first as “Night in Vienna” on Saga XID5003 in September 1958 (which also saw an electronic stereo issue on STXID5003 in 1961); then as Classics Club 2509 in June 1961 without the Fledermaus pot-pourri, and credited to “Vienna Philharmusica, Reiner Olbrecht”; then again on Classics Club TE423 as “Vienna State Symphonia, Paul van Heidsieck” without Die Fledermaus; in electronically reprocessed stereo in 1967 in full on Fidelity FID2119; finally in 1971 on Boulevard 4031, once more in fake stereo.
It is the final issue from which this restoration is taken, mixed back to mono.
It appears the recordings were made around 1955 in Leipzig. The Fledermaus pot-pourri constitutes approximately the first 11 minutes of a 10″ Eterna LP, Amiga 7 40 002, issued around 1953-55 (per http://www.rene-gagnaux.ch/dobrindt_otto/strauss_j_fils_querschnitt_fledermaus.html).
J Strauss II – Roses from the South – Waltz Op.388 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Otto Dobrindt
J Strauss II – Artists’ Life – Waltz Op.316 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Otto Dobrindt
J Strauss II and Josef Strauss – Pizzicato Polka – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Otto Dobrindt
J Strauss II – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op.214 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Otto Dobrindt
Boulevard 4031 (from Saga STXID 5003 originally electronically reprocessed into stereo)
Matrices STFID 2119A-3, STFID 2119B-3
Recorded c1955
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Otto Dobrindt (Waltzes and Polkas)
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Dobrindt (Die Fledermaus)
Werner Liebing (baritone) – Eisenstein
Margot Janez (soprano) – Rosalinde
Ursula Richter (soprano) – Adele
Gert Lutze (tenor) – Alfred
Hans Wocke (baritone) – Frank
Gertrud Stilo (mezzo-soprano) – Orlowsky
Hans Georg Nowotny (baritone) – Falke
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