Dietrich FischerDieskau Johann II Junior Strauss Willi Boskovsky - Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus (12 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Johann II [Junior] Strauss, Willi Boskovsky
Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus [Highlights]
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Overture
2. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 1. T?ubchen, das entflattert ist
3. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 1. Komm mit mir zum Souper
4. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 1. So mu? allein ich bleiben - O je, o je...
5. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 1. Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell
6. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 2. Ich lade gern mir G?ste ein
7. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 2. Ach, meine Herren und Damen - Mein Herr Marquis
8. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 2. Kl?nge der Heimat
9. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 2. Im Feuerstrom der Reben
10. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 3. Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande
11. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 3. Ich steh' voll Zagen
12. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Act 3. O Fledermaus

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CD Details

All Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Johann II [Junior] Strauss, Willi Boskovsky, Brigitte Fassbaender, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Renate Holm, Anneliese Rothenberger, Adolf Dallapozza, Nicolai Gedda
Title: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus [Highlights]
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 7/18/2006
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 094635569124

CD Reviews

Extensive excerpts from the greatest operetta ever

D. R. Schryer | Poquoson, VA United States | 01/10/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Die Fledermaus (The Bat) is quite simply the greatest operetta ever written. The composer Johann Strauss Jr. is almost universally acknowledged as "the waltz king" for his melodically appealing waltzes. His operettas are consistent with his unique talent for writing appealing melodies and Die Fledermaus is his masterpiece. This CD presents extended excerpts from the finest performance of Die Fledermaus ever recorded, thanks in large measure to the ingrained flair for the Strauss idiom of conductor Willi Boskovsky -- a Strauss specialist -- and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. All of the singers in this performance are very good and several -- including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Anneliese Rothenberger, and Brigitte Fassbaender -- are outstanding. Regrettably the complete operetta recording from which these excerpts are taken is no longer in print. I fervently hope that someday it will be reissued. Until then please get this outstanding abridged version, even if you have another version of this greatest of all operettas. The performance by Boskovsky and this orchestra and cast is superb and should not be missed."