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Strauss, J, II: Der Zigeunerbaron

Alfred Poell (Graf Peter Homonay), Karl Dönch (Conte Carnero), Julius Patzak (Sándor Barinkay), Kurt Preger (Kálman Zsupán), Emmy Loose (Arsena), Steffi Leverenz (Mirabella), August Jaresch (Ottokar), Rosette Anday (Czipra), Hilde Zadek (Saffi), Franz Bierback (Pali)

Wiener Staatsopernchor &...

A properly Viennese ensemble with conductor Clemens Krauss, but with cuts and shorn of dialogue. Julius Patzak is a serviceable Sándor, home from exile, but Hilde Zadek’s gypsy Saffi steals the... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Nov 2017
Catalogue No: ELQ4827371
Label: Eloquence
Length: 95 minutes

Diapason d’Or

May 2018

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Strauss, J, II: Der Zigeunerbaron

Work length1:35:42

Rosette Anday (contralto), Julius Patzak (tenor), Hilde Zadek (soprano), August Jaresch (tenor), Rosette Anday (mezzo-soprano), Stefii Leverenz (soprano), Alfred Poell (baritone), Emmy Loose (soprano), Stefii Leverenz (mezzo-soprano), Karl Dönch (bass), Kurt Preger (baritone), Kurt Preger (tenor)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
Clemens Krauss
Recorded: 1951-04
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Overture

Track length7:46

Das war kein rechter Schifferknecht

Track length4:27

"Als flotter Geist"

Track length2:46

"So täuschte mich "

Track length5:41

"Ja, das Schreiben und das Lesen"

Track length2:54

"Dem Freier naht die Barut "

Track length4:49

"Ich melde mich als Freier an"

Track length3:29

Zigeunerlied: "So elend und so treu"

Track length3:01

Finale: "Arsena! Arsena!"

Track length3:49

"Daschingrah Ha, was Hör' ich da für Klänge?"

Track length3:37

"Du kannst dem Zigeuner getrost vertrau'n"

Track length2:09

"Nun zu des bösen Nachbarn Haus"

Track length4:10

"Wojwode der Zigeuner"

Track length6:42

Entr'acte

Track length0:34

"Mein Aug' bewsacht"

Track length4:31

"Ein Greis ist mir"

Track length3:54

"Da klingt es hohl"

Track length3:24

"Auf, auf, vorbei ist die Nacht"

Track length3:48

"Wer uns getraut"

Track length2:06

Her die Hand, es muß ja sein

Track length2:53

Noch eben in Gloria...Bringt der Teufel die daher

Track length8:53

Entr'acte

Track length1:32

"Von Tajos Strand"

Track length3:06

Einzugsmarsch: Hurra, die Schlacht mitgemacht

Track length3:03

Heiraten, Vivat!

Track length2:38

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Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) completes a trio of Strauss-family recordings made by Clemens Krauss for Decca in the early 1950s. Like Die Fledermaus (4827379) and his New Year Concerts (4827364), it is now reissued by Eloquence, in a new remastering and with a fresh editorial retrospective from Mike Ashman on the special chemistry between composer, conductor and orchestra.

After Die Fledermaus, it took Johann Strauss another eleven years to rediscover the recipe for a hit operetta; having recorded it in September 1950 and issued the records in January 1951, however, Decca waited just months before returning to the Musikverein in April 1951 to tape Der Zigeunerbaron with the same conductor, orchestra and lead singers. At the time and ever since, it has been felt that here was a combination of unrepeatable artistic finesse, not only with regard to Krauss’s fiery yet elegant conducting, but also the lead tenor of Julius Patzak, to the manner born.

Krauss (1893–1954) had learnt counterpoint with Richard Heuberger, composer of Der Opernball, and gone on to cut his opera-conducting teeth in Brno and then Szczecin with not only Mozart and Wagner but also the most durable examples of Parisian and Viennese operetta. Meanwhile Patzak had studied composition with Franz Schmidt – both of them Viennese to their fingertips – but was largely self-taught as a singer, which may partly explain his inimitably plangent timbre. Singing Saffi opposite him was Hilde Zadek, who was a State Opera favourite throughout her career: her Donna Anna is a highlight of the Viennese Don Giovanni conducted by Rudolf Moralt from a few years later, also reissued by Eloquence (ELQ4807181).

Artists

Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Clemens Krauss

Reviews

April 2018

A properly Viennese ensemble with conductor Clemens Krauss, but with cuts and shorn of dialogue. Julius Patzak is a serviceable Sándor, home from exile, but Hilde Zadek’s gypsy Saffi steals the show.

April 1952

The subtlety and variety of Clemens Krauss’s conducting […] is a continual delight, as is the playing of the orchestra. Patzak gives a performance of wonderful subtlety and charm as Sandor Barinkay … this is a thoroughly agreeable set.

August 1960

A truly excellent selection, with Patzak’s inimitable Sandor Barinkay, and Krauss proving he was as wonderful a conductor of Strauss Johann as of Strauss Richard.

Strauss, J, II: Der Zigeunerbaron

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