Im Chambre Separee: The Operetta Album
Audio CD (May 14, 2003)
Label: Decca
Song Title Time
1. Der Opernball - Im chambre séparée 2:40
2. Die Dubarry - operetta - Ich schenk mein Herz 3:51
3. Der Vogelhändler - operetta in 3 Acts - Ich bin die Christel von der Post 3:04
4. Der Obersteiger - Sei nicht bös 3:05
5. Der Favorit - Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein 3:52
6. Der Vogelhändler - operetta in 3 Acts - Als geblüht der Kirschenbaum 2:27
7. Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler - Draussen in Sievering 3:49
8. Eine Nacht in Venedig - operetta in 3 Acts - Schwips Lied 2:44
9. Die Fledermaus / Act 2 - "Mein Herr Marquis" 3:22
10. Im weissen Rössl (The White Horse Inn) - Es muß was Wunderbares sein, von dir geliebt zu werden 2:38
11. Im weissen Rössl (The White Horse Inn) - Im Salzkammergut 2:59
12. Die Vielgeliebte - Du nur bist das Glück meines Lebens 2:47
13. Der Vetter aus Dingsada - Strahlender Mond 3:04
14. The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - Vilja-Lied: Nun lasst uns aber wie daheim...Es lebt' 4:42
15. Friederike - a play with music in 3 Acts - Sah ein Knab ein Röslein stehn 3:54
16. Der Zarewitsch, Operetta in 3 Acts / Act 1 - Einer wird kommen 3:29
17. Giuditta / Act 4 - Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiss 4:07
18. Wien, Wien, nur du allein 3:09
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On this CD:
Der Opernball, operetta Im Chambre séparée
Composed by Richard Heuberger
with Ronald Schneider, Barbara Bonney
Gräfin Dubarry, operetta Ich schenk mein Herz
Composed by Carl Millocker
Der Vogelhändler, operetta Ich bin die Christel von der Post
Composed by Carl Zeller
Der Obersteiger, operetta Sei nicht bös
Der Favorit, operetta Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein
Composed by Robert Stolz
Der Vogelhändler, operetta Als geblüht der Kirschenbaum
Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler, operetta (Strauss works arr. by Stalle) Draußen in Sievering
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), operetta (RV 510) Schwips-Lied
Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503) Mein Herr Marquis
Im weissen Rössl (The White Horse Inn), operetta Es muß was Wunderbares sein, von dir geliebt zu werden
Composed by Ralph [Rudolph Josef Frantisek] Benatzky
Im weissen Rössl (The White Horse Inn), operetta Im Salzkammergut
Die Vielgeliebte, operetta Du nur bist das Glück meines Lebens
Composed by Nico Dostal
Der Vetter Aus Dingsda, operetta Strahlender Mond
Composed by Eduard Kunneke
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta Vilja-Lied
Composed by Franz Lehar
Friederike, operetta in 3 acts Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn
Der Zarewitsch, operetta in 3 acts Einer wird kommen
Giuditta, opera in 5 acts Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiß
Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume ("Wien, Wien, nur du allein")
Composed by Rudolf Sieczynski
You don't have to be Viennese to love Viennese operettas, whose lilting waltz-rhythms and catchy tunes have captivated audiences since Johann Strauss, Jr., the Waltz King, originated the style with his masterpiece Die Fledermaus in 1874. His genius remains unequaled; among his successors and imitators, only Lehár (who had the temerity, and the skill, to compete with Schubert's setting of Goethe's "Heidenröslein"--No. 15 on this disc) got anywhere near him in compositional ability or inspiration. Thus, the stand-outs here are the "Laughing Song" from Fledermaus and the "Vilja-Song" from The Merry Widow. Many songs are the only survivors of totally forgotten operettas; indeed, some were written by amateur "spare-time" composers, like Heuberger and Zeller; yet the former's title song and the latter's "Don't be cross" (No. 4) have become classics. Most are about love, dreamed of, yearned for, fulfilled and unfulfilled; primarily slow, they are set off by a few lively, exuberant, mischievous ones. The program ends with "Vienna, City of my Dreams," which celebrates Vienna's glamour, but indirectly also its melting-pot culture: the name of its creator is Rudolf Sieczynski. Barbara Bonney, star of opera and concert stage, obviously loves this music, but is not quite at home in it. Her voice, clear as a bell with a wonderful top, is perhaps too pure and uninflected for its sensuous seductiveness, sentimentality, and robust, earthy humor. Her German diction is unclear, and the Viennese dialect sounds alien to her. (Her translations, though mostly accurate, also betray a lack of idiomatic feeling.) Pianist Ronald Schneider's accompaniments are much closer to the style, but he sometimes camps them up. --Edith Eisler/ Amazon.com
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