This year I’ve transferred an LP of excerpts from Johann Strauss II’s Der Zigeunerbaron, to welcome in the new year in traditional Viennese Style.
This complements Walter Goehr’s recording of Die Fledermaus, shared here three years ago.
J Strauss II – Der Zigeunerbaron – Overture – Zurich Radio Orchestra, Walter Goehr
J Strauss II – Der Zigeunerbaron – Act 1 – Als flotter geist – Zurich Radio Orchestra, Walter Goehr
J Strauss II – Der Zigeunerbaron – Act 1 – Ja das schreiben – Zurich Radio Orchestra, Walter Goehr
J Strauss II – Der Zigeunerbaron – Act 2 – Ei, ei, er lacht – Zurich Radio Orchestra, Walter Goehr
J Strauss II – Der Zigeunerbaron – Act 2 – Wer uns getraut – Zurich Radio Orchestra, Walter Goehr
J Strauss II – Der Zigeunerbaron – Act 2 – Her die Hand – Zurich Radio Orchestra, Walter Goehr
Concert Hall CM 2024
Matrices CM 2024-1, CM 2024-2
Recorded 1954
Zurich Radio Orchestra, Walter Goehr
Uta Graf (soprano) – Saffi
Nata Tuescher (mezzo-soprano) – Czipra
Hedda Heusser (soprano) – Arsena
Albert Kunz (tenor) – Barinkay
Mathias Schmid (baritone) – Homonay
Karl Pistorius (tenor) – Zsupan
Richard Miller (tenor) – Ottokar
Hans Rudolph Kaltenbach (tenor) – Carnero
Rita Pich (soprano) – Mirabella
Der Zigeunerbaron – excerpts
Overture
Act 1:
2. Entrée Couplet (Barinkay, Chorus) – Als flotter Geist
3 (part). Lied (Zsupan) – Ja das schreiben
6. Zigeunerlied (Saffi) – So elend und so treu
7. Finale Act 1 (Soloists and Chorus) – Arsena! Arsena!
Act 2:
9 (part). Trio (Saffi, Czipra, Barinkay) – Ei, ei, er lacht
11. Duet (Saffi, Barinkay) – Wer uns getraut
12b. Werberlied (Homonay) – Her die Hand
13 (part). Finale Act II (Soloists and Chorus) – Noch eben in Gloria
Act 3:
17. Entrance March (Soloists and Chorus) – Hurrah die Schlacht mitgemacht
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