Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus

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Twenty-five years after its original release there's still no recording of Die Fledermaus that, for many collectors, matches this one for the compelling freshness of its conductor's interpretation... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 6th Apr 2018
Catalogue No: E4577652
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Series: Originals
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus

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Evi List (speaker), Lucia Popp (soprano), René Kollo (speaker), Ferry Gruber (speaker), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Ivan Rebroff (speaker), Julia Varady (speaker), Franz Muxeneder (speaker), Bernd Weikl (speaker), Nicolai Lugowoi (speaker), Lucia Popp (speaker), Benno Kusche (speaker), René Kollo (tenor), Ivan Rebroff (bass), Julia Varady (soprano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Hermann Prey (speaker), Benno Kusche (baritone), Ferry Gruber (tenor), Wolfgang Baumgart (chorus master), Evi List (soprano)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
Carlos Kleiber
Recorded: 1975-10-09
Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

Overture

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Nr. 1 Introduktion: "Täubchen, das entflattert ist"

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Dialog: Täubchen, das entflattert ist

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Nr.1a (Duettino): "Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir!"

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Dialog: Die arme Tante

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Nr.2 Terzett: "Nein, mit solchen Advokaten"

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Dialog: Sag mal, also statt fünf musst du acht Tage

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Nr.3 Duett: "Komm mit mir zum Souper"

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Dialog: Seid ihr verrückt geworden?

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Nr.4 Terzett: "So muss allein ich bleiben"

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Dialog: Ach...diese Männer

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Nr.5 Finale: "Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell"

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Nr.6 Introduktion: "Ein Souper heut uns winkt"

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Dialog: Adele, wer hat denn dich hierher eingeladen?

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Nr.7 Couplet: "Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein"

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Dialog: Durchlaucht, hier ist Ihre Brieftasche wieder

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Nr.8 Ensemble und Couplet: "Ach, meine Herr'n und Damen"

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"Mein Herr Marquis"

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Dialog: Hoheit, ein Chevalier Chagrin ist da

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Nr.9 Duett: "Dieser Anstand, so manierlich"

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Dialog: Ah, da ist ja die schöne Unbekannte

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Nr.10 Csárdás: "Klänge der Heimat"

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Dialog: Bravo! Bravissimo!

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Nr.11 Finale: "Im Feuerstrom der Reben"

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"Herr, Chevalier, ich grüsse Sie!"

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Dialog: Wir werden jetzt sehen das Ballett

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Polka "Unter Donner und Blitz", op.324

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"Genug damit, genug"

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Nr.12 Entr'acte

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Dialog: Täubchen, das entflattert ist

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Nr.13 Melodram

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Dialog: Ah, der Herr Direktor ist entschlafen

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Nr.14 Couplets: "Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande"

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Dialog: Herr Direktor!

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Nr.15 Terzett: "Ich stehe voll Zagen"

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Dialog: Also, du willst mir Vorwürfe machen?

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Nr.16 Finale: "O Fledermaus, o Fledermaus"

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2010

Twenty-five years after its original release there's still no recording of Die Fledermaus that, for many collectors, matches this one for the compelling freshness of its conductor's interpretation – the attention to every nuance of the score and the ability to bring out some new detail, all allied to extreme precision of vocal and instrumental ensemble. The ladies, too, as so often seems to be the case in recordings of DieFledermaus, are quite superlatively good, with ideally characterised and projected singing. If the men are generally less outstandingly good, one can have no more than minor quibbles with the Eisenstein of Hermann Prey or the Alfred of René Kollo. But it's less easy to accept Ivan Rebroff singing the role of Orlofsky falsetto.
Some collectors find that his contribution quite ruins the whole set, but most will find it tolerable enough for the glories to be found elsewhere on the recording.
DG remastered the set to make it sound as though it were recorded only yesterday; but it continues to provoke puzzlement by the break between discs, which occurs during the Act 2 finale. If a split into such uneven lengths is to be made, why not have it between Acts 1 and 2? Enough of minor quibbles – this set is a 'must buy'.

Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus

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