MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
CONDITION RECORD M mint
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED No
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Emanuel Braebec – solo cello
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Sir Georg Solti - conducting
FRANZ VON SUPPE (1819 - 1895)
leichte kavallerie (light cavalry), overture to the operetta - 7:03
poet and peasant overture - 10:09
morning, noon and night in vienna overture - 8:28
pique dame overture - 8:29
Operetta is alive and well!
In spite of many voices claiming just the contrary, operetta continues to appear on theatre bills with amazing frequency
Franz von Suppé, who trod in Offenbach's shoes and was befriended with Johann Strauss, was extremely popular in Vienna in the mid-1900s and many of his operettas
Such as Die schoene Galathée (Beautiful Galatea) or Boccaccio, were so popular that they were true "hits" in their day
Suppé owes his real fame, however, to his rousing overtures
Growling basses, fanfare-like trombones, melting cantabile cellos and sobbing violins present extremely original melodic ideas full of rhythmic vitality in highly varied colours
From allegro passages played light as a feather to raging, furious finales which leave the listener quite breathless
And who better to conjure up the local colouring of these overtures, written in operetta's heyday, than the Vienna Philharmonic under Sir Georg Solti
This recording from 1959 offers a selection of the composer's rich oeuvre
Which the orchestra tosses off nonchalantly, with a touch of irony and a large portion of real Viennese charm
RECORDING May 1959 at the Sofiensaal Vienna
ENGINEERING Gordon Parry
LABEL Decca
RE MASTERING Heinz Wildhagen
RE RELEASED July 1997
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Classic / Opera
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
