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Lehar and Richard Tauber

Lehar's collaboration with tenor Richard Tauber began at a point in the composer's career when he desperately needed a new direction. The sequence of operettas that followed, went a long way towards reaching the culmination of Lehar's ambitions with the genre. Presented by Donald Macleod.

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Fri 30 Dec 2011 12:00

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  • Franz Lehár

    The Tsarevich - Act 2: no.8 hab' mur dich allein (duet)

    Conductor: Carl MICHALSKI Performer: GRAUNKE Symphony Orchestra, performer: Fritz WUNDERLICH - Tenor, Melitta MUSZELY - Soprano

    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • CDM 5-67454.
  • Franz Lehár

    Paganini - Introduction & violin solo

    Conductor: Robert STOLZ Performer: Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    • EURODISC.
    • 258-359.
  • Franz Lehár

    Paganini - Act 2: Who could love you more than I? /Paganini, you're in danger here (Finale

    Conductor: Richard BONYNGE Performer: ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Deborah RIEDEL - Soprano (Anna Elisa), Jerry HADLEY - Tenor (Paganini), Paul BARRITT - Violin

    • Telarc.
    • CD 80435.
  • Franz Lehár

    Friederike - Act 1: No. 5a Waltz O wie schon, wie wunderschon/ No. 5b Duet Blick ich auf d

    Conductor: Ulf SCHIRMER Performer: MUNICH RADIO ORCHESTRA, Klaus Florian VOGT - Tenor (Goethe), Kristiane Kaiser - Soprano (Friederike)

    • CPO.
    • 777 330-2.
  • Franz Lehár

    The Land of smiles - exceprt

    Conductor: Otto ACKERMANN Performer: PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, Elisabeth SCHWARZKOPF - Soprano (Lisa), Nicolai GEDDA - Tenor (Sou-Chong)

    • EMI.
    • CHS 5675292.
  • Franz Lehár

    Giuditta - Act 4: no.16b Ich weiss..- Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heiss

    Conductor: Richard BONYNGE Performer: ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, LONDON VOICES, Deborah RIEDEL - Soprano (Giuditta)

    • TELARC.
    • CD-80436.

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  • Fri 30 Dec 2011 12:00

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