Composer(s): Strauss II, Johann
Conductor(s): Krauss, Clemens
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Operetta
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110180-81
Barcode: 0636943118023
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 02/2002

STRAUSS II, J.: Fledermaus (Die) (Vienna State Opera / Krauss) (1950)

Die Fledermaus, first performed in Vienna in 1874, is the quintessential Viennese operetta and one of the greatest of all musical comedies. This recording is cherished as one of the finest ever to have been made of any operetta, and certainly of Die Fledermaus. Recorded in post-war Vienna, the performance is led by the incomparable Viennese conductor Clemens Krauss. The cast is made up of the cream of the Vienna State Opera’s soloists at this time, when the company was still a true ensemble. Each singer recreates his or her role as though to the manner born. This performance is genuinely a classic of the gramophone.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Strauss II, Johann
Genée, Richard - Lyricist
Haffner, Carl - Lyricist
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Jaresch, August (tenor)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Preger, Kurt (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Wagner, Sieglinde (alto)
1 Overture 08:01
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
2 Act I - Introduction: Täubchen, das entflattert ist (Alfred, Adele) 03:26
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
3 Act I - Duettino: Du Darfst heut nicht zu ihr (Adele, Rosalinde, Alfred) 01:01
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
4 Act I - Terzett: Nein, mit solchen Advokaten (Eisenstein, Rosalinde, Dr. Blind) 03:42
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Jaresch, August (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
5 Act I - Duett: Komm mit mir zum Souper (Falke, Eisenstein) 03:12
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
6 Act I - Terzett: So muss allein ich bleiben (Rosalinde, Adele, Eisenstein) 04:06
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
7 Act I - Finale a: Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell (Alfred, Rosalinde, Frank) 05:17
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Preger, Kurt (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
8 Act I - Finale b: Mein Herr, was dächten Sie von mir (Rosalinde, Frank, Alfred) 02:55
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Preger, Kurt (tenor)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
9 Act I - Finale c: Nein, nein ich zweifle gar nicht mehr (Frank, Rosalinde, Alfred) 03:11
Preger, Kurt (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
10 Act II - Introduction: Ein Souper heut uns winkt (Chorus) 01:41
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
11 Act II - Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein (Orlovsky) 03:00
Wagner, Sieglinde (alto)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
12 Act II - Ach, meine Herrn und Damen (Orlovsky, Falke, Adele, Eisenstein, Chorus) 01:05
Wagner, Sieglinde (alto)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
13 Act II - Laughing Song: Mein Herr Marquis (Adele, Chorus) 03:42
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 Act II - Duett: Dieser Anstand, so manierlich (Eisenstein, Rosalinde) 04:44
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
2 Act II - Csárdás: Klange der Heimat (Rosalinde) 04:14
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
3 Act II - Finale: Im Feuerstrom der Reben (Orlovsky, Adele, Eisenstein, Frank, Falke) 08:05
Wagner, Sieglinde (alto)
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Preger, Kurt (tenor)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
4 Act II - Ballet: Frühlingsstimmen (Orchestra) 06:16
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
5 Act II - Finale Concluded: Genug damit, genug (Orlovsky, Eisenstein, Rosalinde, Falke, Frank, Adele) 04:29
Wagner, Sieglinde (alto)
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Preger, Kurt (tenor)
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
6 Act III - Entr'acte & Melodrama: Olga, komm hier (Frank) 04:52
Preger, Kurt (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
7 Act III - spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande (Adele) 04:24
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
8 Act III - Terzett: Ich stehe voll Zagen (Rosalinde, Alfred, Eisenstein) 07:19
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)
9 Act III - Finale: O fledermaus, o Fledermaus 02:42
Patzak, Julius (tenor)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Wagner, Sieglinde (alto)
Lipp, Wilma (soprano)
Preger, Kurt (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Krauss, Clemens (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:31:24