All posts tagged Die Fledermaus

Dobrindt conducts Strauss

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 […]

Die Fledermaus (excerpts)

This year I’ve transferred an LP of excerpts from Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus, to welcome in the new year in traditional Viennese Style. Walter Goehr recorded prolifically, but is not well known. In the 1930s and 40s he recorded widely for EMI, particularly conducting orchestral accompaniments for singers, choruses and soloists. He also conducted […]

Carl Schuricht – Die Fledermaus overture; Franz André – Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers, Suppé’s Poet and Peasant overtures

To welcome in the New Year, I’ve transferred Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus overture in an early recording by Carl Schuricht, and as an extra, a pair of overtures by Suppé and Offenbach, conducted by Franz André. J. Strauss II – Die Fledermaus – Overture Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Carl Schuricht (credited on label as “New […]

Landon Ronald – Beethoven’s 5th Symphony (1922 acoustic recording); Thomas Beecham – Berlioz, Johann Strauss II (acoustic recordings); Carlo Sabajno – Elgar (1906 recording)

A varied selection of acoustic orchestral recordings to start the autumn now. Landon Ronald’s 1926 recording of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony has already appeared at this site, so it’s interesting to hear his 1922 acoustic recording of the same work. There’s very little difference in the performance, though the French style bassoons are more obvious in […]