Carl Michael Ziehrer – Das Grosse Operetten Festival / The Great Operetta Festival (4-CD Set) 

UPC: 845221071473

Overview

Experience the effervescent world of Viennese operetta with Carl Michael Ziehrer’s most beloved stage works in this 4-CD box set. From charming fairy-tale fantasies like Die drei Wünsche and Ein tolles Mädel to rousing marches in Die Landstreicher and rollicking dances in Fesche Geister, The Great Operetta Festival celebrates Ziehrer’s melodic brilliance and the golden age of Viennese light opera. Featuring star soloists—including Renate Holm, Harald Serafin, Peter Seiffert and Anton Dermota—supported by the Original C. M. Ziehrer Orchestra, the Vienna, Munich and Great Viennese Radio Orchestras under expert baton, this Capriccio release captures the spirit of turn-of-the-century Austria in pristine audio.

Product Features

• Product Type: 4 × Audio CD (Box set, slipcase)
• Format & Packaging: Stereo recordings; 32-page booklet with program notes and artist biographies
• Disc Count: 4 CDs; over 3 hours of music
• Genre: Operetta / Classical
• Label: Capriccio (Catalog C7147)
• Series: Carl Michael Ziehrer Edition
• Co-Producer: Carl Michael Ziehrer Musik Produktions Ges.m.b.H.
• Release Date: 2013
• Country of Origin: Austria (Made in Austria)
• Label Code (LC): 08748

Disc Contents

CD 1

• Die drei Wünsche (1901)
• Ein tolles Mädel (1907)
• Ball bei Hof (1911)

CD 2

• Die Landstreicher (1899)
• Der Fremdenführer (1902)
• König Jérôme (1878)
• Der Husarengeneral (1913)

CD 3

• Fesche Geister (1905)
• Der Schätzmeister (1904)
• Der Liebeswalzer (1909)

CD 4

• Fürst Casimir (1913)
• Das dumme Herz (1914)
• Die verliebte Eskadron (1930)
• Herr und Frau Biedermeier (1909)
• Ein Deutschmeister (1888)
• Deutschmeisterkapelle (1958)

Publishers and Artists

• Label & Edition: Capriccio / Carl Michael Ziehrer Edition 
• Orchestras & Conductors:
• Original C. M. Ziehrer Orchestra – Hans Schadenbauer
• The Great Viennese Radio Orchestra (Wiener Rundfunkorchester) – Max Schönherr
• Munich Radio Orchestra (Münchner Rundfunkorchester) – Herbert Mogg

Principal Soloists:

• Renate Holm
• Harald Serafin
• Sylvana Dussmann
• Peter Seiffert
• Anton Dermota
• Kurt Equiluz
• Ossy Kolmann
• Peter Minich
• Jörg Schneider
• Andrea Bogner
• Karl Terkal
• Herbert Prikopa

Production Credits:

• All titles licensed by: Carl Michael Ziehrer Musik Produktions Ges.m.b.H.
• Cover Photo: konradbak (Fotolia.com)
• Design: sowiesodesign.de

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