Composer(s): Strauss II, Johann
Lyricist(s): Schnitzer, Ignaz
Label: Naxos Historical
Series: Great Operetta Recording
Genre: Operetta; Orchestral
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.111329-30
Barcode: 0747313332922
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions.
Release Date: 03/2009

STRAUSS II, J.: Zigeunerbaron (Der) (The Gypsy Baron) (Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Ackermann) (1954)

Second in popularity only to Die Fledermaus, Strauss’s The Gypsy Baron is a colourful comic opera whose vividly drawn characters include a gypsy girl who turns out to be a Turkish Pasha’s daughter, a fortune-telling Romany queen, an exiled landowner, ridiculous local dignitaries, hussars and, inevitably, a band of gypsies. Embroiling themselves in the entertainingly convoluted plot, the stellar cast of this 1954 London recording includes Gedda, Prey and Sinclair, still in their twenties, and Schwarzkopf, yet to turn forty and at her peak.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Strauss II, Johann
Schnitzer, Ignaz - Lyricist
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Stepanek, Karel (actor)
Seidl, Lea (actor)
1Overture08:05
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
2Act I: Das war kein rechter Schiffersknecht (Chorus)00:56
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
3Act I: Jeden Tag, Muh und Plag (Ottokar, Czipra, Chorus)02:19
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
4Act I: Als flotter Geist, doch fruh verwaist (Barinkay, Chorus)02:33
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
5Act I: Aber von nun an werde ich statt Schlangen (Barinkay, Carnero, Pali)01:02
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
6Act I: Herrgott, ein altes Weib (Carnero, Czipra, Barkinkay, Saffi)01:28
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
7Act I: Bald wird man dich viel umwerben (Czipra, Carnero)01:26
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
8Act I: Verloren hast du einen Schatz, hi, hi (Czipra)01:09
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
9Act I: Das schreib' dir, Alte, hinter's Ohr (Carnero, Czipra, Barinkay, Chorus, Zsupan)01:36
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
10Act I: Ja, das Schreiben und das Lesen (Zsupan)02:13
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
11Act I: Also Ihr seid der machtigste Sauzuchter (Barinkay, Zsupan, Carnero, Pali, Mirabella, Ottokar, Servant)02:12
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
12Act I: Dem Freier naht die Braut (Chorus, Arsena, Barinkay, Zsupan, Carnero, Mirabella)03:17
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
13Act I: Hochzeitskuchen, bitte zu versuchen (Chorus, Barinkay, Carnero, Arsena)01:35
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
14Act I: Ah, sieh da, ein herrlich Frauenbild (Barinkay, Zsupan, Mirabella, Arsena, Chorus)02:08
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
15Act I: Also du bist mit der Heirat einverstanden? (Barinkay, Zsupan, Arsena)00:36
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
16Act I: So elend und so treu… O habet Acht (Saffi, Barinkay)05:26
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
17Act I: Ich kenne dieses Lied (Barinkay, Saffi)00:21
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
18Act I: Arsena, Arsena! (Ottokar, Arsena, Barinkay, Saffi, Czipra, Chorus)04:19
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
19Act I: O habet Acht, habet Acht (Chorus, Barinkay, Czipra, Saffi)02:26
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
20Act I: Du kannst den Zigeunern getrost vertrau'n (Czipra, Chorus, Saffi, Barinkay, Zsupan, Carnero, Arsena, Mirabella)04:01
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
21Act I: Hier in diesem Land Eure Wiege stand (Saffi, Czipra, Barinkay, Chorus, Arsena, Mirabella, Zsupan, Carnero)03:53
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
22Act I: Um fresch den Ubermut zu frohnen (Mirabella, Zsupan, Carnero, Chorus, Barinkay, Saffi, Czipra, Ottokar)02:58
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act II: Mein Aug bewacht bei Tag und Nacht (Czipra, Barinkay, Saffi)04:49
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
2Act II: Ein Greis ist mir im Traum erscheinen (Czipra, Barinkay, Saffi)03:24
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
3Act II: Seht, es winkt, es blinkt, es klingt (Saffi, Czipra, Barinkay)02:39
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
4Act II: Auf, auf, auf, vorbei ist die Nacht (Pali, Chorus)01:47
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
5Act II: Kling und Klang, Eisen macht Gesang (Women)01:48
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
6Act II: Pali, Pali! Du, der grosse Schweinherr Zsupan (Mihaly, Zsupan, Pali, Carnero, Barinkay)01:22
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
7Act II: Wer uns getraut? Ei, sprich (Barinkay, Saffi, Chorus, Carnero)04:21
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
8Act II: Eine nette Trauungsbehorde! (Carnero, Ottokar, Arsena, Zsupan, Pali)00:18
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
9Act II: Her die Hand, es muss ja sein (Homonay, Chorus)02:32
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
10Act II: Wer kein Feigling ist, der trinkt vom Werberwein (Homonay, Mihaly, Zsupan, Carnero)01:21
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
11Act II: So voll Frohlichkeit gibt es weit und breit (Arsena, Mirabella, Ottokar, Homonay, Zsupan)02:07
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
12Act II: Noch eben in Gloria von Hoheit umflossen (Carnero, Zsupan, Mirabella, Arsena, Ottokar, Czipra, All)01:02
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
13Act II: Ich hab gewacht bei Tag und Nacht (Czipra, Arsena, Mirabella, Barinkay, Homonay, Carnero, Ottokar, Zsupan, Chorus, Saffi)01:28
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
14Act II: O welch ein Gluck (Saffi, Barinkay, Arsena, Mirabella, Czipra, Zsupan, Homonay, Chorus, Ottokar, Carnero)01:33
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
15Act II: Ach ihn ruft das Vaterland und Pflicht (Saffi, Czipra, Barinkay, Homonay, Zsupan, Mirabella, Ottokar, Carnero, Chorus, Arsena)03:44
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
16Act II: Entr'acte01:40
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
17Act III: Gruss euch alle (Zsupan, Arsena, Carnero)00:13
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
18Act III: Von des Tajo Strand, wo mit starker Hand (Zsupan, Chorus)02:49
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
19Act III: Hurra, die Schlacht mitgemacht hab'n wir im fernen Land (Chorus)02:39
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
20Act III: Ihr habt alle eure Pflicht getan (Homonay, Zsupan, Barinkay)00:47
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
21Act III: Reich ihm die Hand, vertraue dem Zigeuener (Saffi, Barinkay, Homonay, Czipra, All)01:39
Ackermann, Otto (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (soprano)
Kunz, Erich (baritone)
Köth, Erika (soprano)
Burgsthaler-Schuster, Gertrud (contralto)
Ferenz, Willy (bass)
Sinclair, Monica (contralto)
Schmidinger, Joseph (bass)
Prey, Hermann (baritone)
Paulik, Erich (bass)
Stepanek, Karel (actor)
Seidl, Lea (actor)
Philharmonia Chorus (Choir)
Rethberg, Elisabeth (soprano)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Weissmann, Frieder (Conductor)
22Der Zigeunerbaron, Act I: So elend und so treu… O habet Acht02:44
Rethberg, Elisabeth (soprano)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Weissmann, Frieder (Conductor)
Branzell, Karin (contralto)
Lehmann, Lotte (soprano)
Merrem-Nikisch, Grete (soprano)
Tauber, Richard (tenor)
Stagemann, Waldemar (bass)
Lange, Hanns (tenor)
Berlin State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Weissmann, Frieder (Conductor)
23Der Zigeunerbaron, Act I: Er ist Baron03:40
Branzell, Karin (contralto)
Lehmann, Lotte (soprano)
Merrem-Nikisch, Grete (soprano)
Tauber, Richard (tenor)
Stagemann, Waldemar (bass)
Lange, Hanns (tenor)
Berlin State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Weissmann, Frieder (Conductor)
Lehmann, Lotte (soprano)
Branzell, Karin (contralto)
Merrem-Nikisch, Grete (soprano)
Tauber, Richard (tenor)
Stagemann, Waldemar (bass)
Lange, Hanns (tenor)
Berlin State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Weissmann, Frieder (Conductor)
24Der Zigeunerbaron, Act II: Ein Furstenkind, ein Wunder ist gescheh'n04:05
Lehmann, Lotte (soprano)
Branzell, Karin (contralto)
Merrem-Nikisch, Grete (soprano)
Tauber, Richard (tenor)
Stagemann, Waldemar (bass)
Lange, Hanns (tenor)
Berlin State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Weissmann, Frieder (Conductor)
Strauss II, Johann
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Blech, Leo (Conductor)
25Schatz-Walzer, Op. 41807:39
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Blech, Leo (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:58:09