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Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe

~ Franz Lehár (Composer), Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor), Wiener Tschuschenkapelle (Orchestra), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Cheryl Studer (Performer), et al.
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  • Performer: Cheryl Studer, Bo Skovhus, Bryn Terfel, Rainer Trost
  • Orchestra: Wiener Tschuschenkapelle, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Composer: Franz Lehár
  • Audio CD (10 Jan 1995)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: DG
  • ASIN: B000001GMA
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,545 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) - OvertureJohn Eliot Gardiner 2:52Ł0.79
Listen  2. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - No. 1a Ballmusik - Dialog "Camille, ich muß mit Ihnen sprechen"Barbara Bonney0:44Ł0.29
Listen  3. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - No. 2 Duett "So kommen Sie! 's ist niemand hier!"Barbara Bonney 4:05Ł0.79
Listen  4. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - Dialog: "Nun, Njegus, haben Sie meine Botschaft überbracht?"Bryn Terfel0:36Ł0.29
Listen  5. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - No. 3 Entrée-Lied und Ensemble - Dialog: "Was hat das zu bedeuten?" - "Bitte meine Herr'n" - "Hab' in Paris mich noch nicht ganz so akklimasiert"Bryn Terfel 3:19Ł0.79
Listen  6. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - No. 3a Ballmusik - Dialog: "Camille!" - "Ja?"Barbara Bonney0:34Ł0.29
Listen  7. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - No. 4 Auftrittslied: "Also Njegus, hier bin ich und wo ist das Vaterland?" - "O Vaterland"Boje Skovhus 2:13Ł0.79
Listen  8. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - Dialog:"Habe schon die vierte Nacht nicht geschlafen!"Boje Skovhus 1:29Ł0.79
Listen  9. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - Dialog: "Ich bitte Sie.." No. 5 Duett: "Ja, was?" - Ein trautes ZimmerleinRainer Trost 2:26Ł0.79
Listen10. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - Dialog: "Also, lieber Graf.." No. 6 Finale I -"Damenwahl! Hört man rufen rings im Saal!"Cheryl Studer10:04Album Only
Listen11. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - No. 7 Introduktion, Tanz und Vilja-Lied - "Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen" - "Es lebt' eine Vilja"Cheryl Studer 9:30Album Only
Listen12. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - Dialog: "Gospodina, dieses vaterländische Fest..."Bryn Terfel0:49Ł0.29
Listen13. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - No. 8 Duett "Heia, Mädel, aufgeschaut"Cheryl Studer 2:43Ł0.79
Listen14. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - Dialog: "Wir werden uns noch schlagen um die Witwe" - No.9 Marsch-Septett: "Wie die Weiber man behandelt"Boje Skovhus 3:06Ł0.79
Listen15. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - Dialog: "Mein tapferer Reitersmann" - No. 10 Spielszene und Tanzduett - Dialog: "So wie die Dinge sich entwickeln"Boje Skovhus 5:17Ł0.79
Listen16. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - Dialog: "Nein, nein, nein" - No.11 Duett und Romanze "Mein Freund! Vernunft!" - "Wie eine Rosenknospe"Barbara Bonney 6:33Ł0.79
Listen17. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - Dialog: "Ah, die Baronin und der Herr Rosillon"Heinz Zednik 1:08Ł0.79
Listen18. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - No.12 Finale II "Ha!Ha!" - "Wir fragen, was man von uns will!"Heinz Zednik11:33Album Only
Listen19. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 3 - No. 12b Zwischenspiel - Dialog: "Also, also, also"Heinz Zednik0:35Ł0.29
Listen20. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 3 - No. 13 TanzszeneJohn Eliot Gardiner0:53Ł0.29
Listen21. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 3 - Dialog: "Graf Dailowitsch.." No. 14 Chanson "Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten"John Eliot Gardiner 3:01Ł0.79
Listen22. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 3 - Dialog: "Exzellenz, Exzellenz, Graf, eine Expreßdepesche!"Boje Skovhus 1:04Ł0.79
Listen23. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 3 - No. 15 Duett - Dialog: "Aber dort bin ich zu Hause.." Lippen schweigenBoje Skovhus 2:59Ł0.79
Listen24. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 3 - Dialog: "Exzellenz! Exzellenz! Diesen Fächer hat man im Pavillon gefunden!"John Eliot Gardiner 1:24Ł0.79
Listen25. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 3 - No. 16 Schlußgesang "Ja, das Studium der Weiber ist schwer"Cheryl Studer0:36Ł0.29

On this CD:
  1. (Die) Lustige Witwe, '(The) Merry Widow'
    Composed by Franz Lehár
    Performed by Wiener Tschuschenkapelle
    with Cheryl Studer, Bo Skovhus, Bryn Terfel, Rainer Trost, Barbara Bonney, Uwe Peper, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, Heinz Zednik, Richard Savage, Lynette Alcantara, Philip Salmon, Constanze Backes, Angela Kazimierczuk
    Conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gardiner sets new standard in deligthful operette recording, 3 Oct 2001
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For decades operette has had bad reviews with many music lovers. Finally a disc has appeared that dispels any notion of fat, overdone music making only fit to your grandparent's taste. Gardiner gives a dazzling peformance with a star cast. The Wiener Philharmoniker play at their very best in a stunningly natural recording. It is difficult to single out any singer for special qualities, because the whole cast sings extremely well. One can raise a brow when hearing Cheryl Studer in a role that does not suit her completely. However, this does not mar the impression that you hear this piece for the first time as it was meant to be heard by Léhar. Almost at the same time as this recording a rival disc appeared with English forces, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst. Even if this record has Thomas Hampson as its strongest asset, it does not have the same sparkling quality. The applause of that live-recording seems strangely out of order. Gardiner makes the most out of it, supported by the engaded singing of his Monteverdi Choir. If you do not have any operette disc yet, hear this one and enjoy it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars transcendent, 10 Jan 2006
By P. B. Hall "Ben Hall" (West Sussex, UK.) - See all my reviews
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This is a recording which you can simply never tire of. Overflowing with youthful freshness and yet so polished that, it its more intesely romantic moments, it sweeps us into another world entirely. The dialogue is not drawn out and the operetta seems to dance from scene to scene as if there were no gaps at all between the numbers. This must be the 'Merry Widow' as audiences heard it in 1905 and it is crystal clear why it conquered the world.
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