Operetta Arias - Thomas Hampson, Franz Welser-Most, London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Performer: Thomas HampsonComposer: Franz Lehar
Composer: Robert Stolz
Composer: Johann II [Junior] Strauss
Composer: Richard Tauber
Composer: Carl Millocker
Composer: Carl Zeller
Composer: Emmerich Kalman
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Dein Ist Men Ganzes Herz!
- Gern Hab' Ich Die Frau'n Gekubt
- Wolgalied
- Wien Wird Bei Nacht Erst Schon
- Auf Der Heid Bluh'n Die Letzten Rosen
- True Sein, Das Liegt Mir Nicht
- Als Flotter Geist
- Du Bist Die Welt Fur Mich
- Ich Sing' Mein Lied
- Ich Hab' Mich Tausendmal Verliebt
- Ich Knupfte Manche Zarte Bande
- Ach, Ich, Hab' Sie Ja Nur Auf Die Schulter Gekubt
- Sei Nicht Bos
- Komm, Zigany
- Die Madis Vom Chantant
Music reviews of Operetta Arias - Thomas Hampson, Franz Welser-Most, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Review: Lacks Viennese Echtlichkeit
Rating: 4 Stars
Do buy this record. The arias are lovely; several of them (such as the delightful one by Tauber) are new to me and I'll bet to many of you as well. Hampson is in excellent voice, and his German is beautifully enunciated. All the expected gimicks of the operetta signer are there: the portamento, the half-voice, the wistful sighs.
But . . . (Is't there always one?)
Something's missing. If nothing else, call it a native feel for Viennese sensibility. Ten minutes with Tauber or Huesch or even Gedda leave this disk in the dust. The gimicks, as I called them, become attachments not true mannerisms such as we would expect from someone more truly at home in this Fach. (The late-lamented Schwarzkopf springs most readily to mind.)
But don't let these partly negative words deter you from purchase. You'll have a good time with this CD.
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