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Die Fledermaus (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Clemens Krauss Alfred Walter Jascha Horenstein Fritz Busch Istvan Bogar Christian Pollack Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler Lior Shambadal Vakhtang Kakhidze
Marilyn Hill Smith,


1.   Die Fledermaus: Overture - 00:08:16


Die Fledermaus (II) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Recording date: 16-31 January 1996


2.   Die Fledermaus, Act II: Mein Herr Marquis - 00:03:08


Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Janos Berkes, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Recording date: 17-22 October 1995


3.   Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Act III: Lippen schweigen - 00:02:58


Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410 (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs Robert Heger Walter Susskind
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Recording date: 25 May 1949


4.   Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410 - 00:07:28


Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) (more info)
Performed by: MGM Studio Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Alfred Berg Fritz Lohner-Beda Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Ulf Schirmer Walter Lutze Selmar Meyrowitz Raffi Armenian Nils Grevillius Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Georgie Stoll Helmut Froschauer Walter Weller David Parry Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Andreas Post, tenor
Theodor Weimer, tenor
Henry Raudales, violin
Julia Bauer, soprano
Dietmar Kerschbaum, tenor
Irene Eisinger, vocals
Christine Brewer, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Timothy Robinson, tenor
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Pieter Schoeman,
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Harald Serafin, baritone
Elisabeth Flechl, soprano
Sangho Choi, tenor
Yoku Mitani, soprano
Toru Tanabe, baritone
Gideon Singer, vocals
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Alexander Kaimbacher, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Emmy Loose, soprano
Otakar Kraus, baritone
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Maria Leyer, soprano
Felix Kent, actor
Andre Mattoni, actor
Rupert Glawitsch, tenor
Piotr Beczala, tenor
Mark DuBois, tenor
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Recording date: 31 December 1946


5.   Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles), Act II: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz - 00:03:22


Der Favorit (The Favourite) (more info)
Performed by: Munich Radio Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Robert Stolz
Conducted by: Selmar Meyrowitz Laszlo Kovacs Heinz Fricke
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Recording date: 16-31 January 1996


6.   Der Favorit, Act I: Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein - 00:04:43


Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess) (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Schwanen Salon Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge Georg Huber Peter Guth Michail Jurowski Laszlo Kovacs Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Eva Marton, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Adrian Erod, baritone
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Martina Serafin, soprano
Michael Roider, tenor
Mirjana Irosch, mezzo-soprano
Ferdinand von Bothmer, tenor
Kerstin Grotrian, soprano
Harald Serafin, baritone
Frigyes Harsanyi, baritone
Michael Gampe, bass
Gottfried Falkenstein, baritone
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
Marko Kathol, tenor
Karl-Michael Ebner, tenor
Heinz Holecek, bass
Yvonne Kalman,
Hellmuth Klumpp,
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Jyrki Niskanen, tenor
Recording date: 9-17 December 2002


7.   Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess): Act II: Duett: Heller Jubel (excerpt) - 00:05:34
8.   Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess): Act I: Lied: Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland - 00:02:53


Der Zigeunerbaron (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Anton Paulik Alfred Walter Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Wilhelm Schuchter Walter Weller Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Max Rudolf
Hanns Lange, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano
Erika Koth, soprano
Charles Kullman, tenor
Janos Berkes, tenor
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Elena Batoukova, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Helmut Berger-Tuna, bass
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster,
Karel Stepanek,
Lea Seidl,
Martina Serafin, soprano
Monica Sinclair,
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Grete Merrem-Nikisch, soprano
Karin Branzell, mezzo-soprano
Waldemar Stagemann, bass
Peter Edelmann, baritone
Heinz Zednik, tenor
Harrie van der Plas, tenor
Christine Bath, soprano
Sigrid Martikke, soprano
Andreas Schagerl, tenor
Konrad Huber, bass
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Anny Schlemm, contralto
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Willy Ferenz, bass
Erich Paulik, bass
Joseph Schmidinger, bass
Recording date: 1938


9.   Der Zigeunerbaron, Act II: Wer uns getraut - 00:04:26


Der Zarewitsch (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra ORTF Lyric Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Ulf Schirmer Adolphe Sibert Laszlo Kovacs Walter Weller Heinz Fricke
Henry Raudales, violin
Robert Andrej Augustin, vocals
Andreas Winkler, tenor
Lina Dachary, soprano
Remi Corazza, tenor
Jutta Neumann, vocals
Frank Manhold, vocals
Matthias Klink, tenor
Janos Berkes, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Alexandra Reinprecht, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Ester Rethy, soprano
Christina Landshamer, soprano
Recording date: 9-15 January 1995


10.   Der Zarewitsch: Act I: Einer wird kommen - 00:03:43


Die Faschingsfee (more info)
Performed by: Chandos Concert Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge Barry Knight
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Recording date: 22-23 September 2003


11.   Die Faschingsfee, Act II: Hollaho, hollaho, wir kommen zurecht - 00:05:29


Giuditta (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra ORTF Lyric Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Fritz Lohner-Beda Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Adolphe Sibert Laszlo Kovacs Helmut Froschauer Walter Weller David Parry Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Andreas Post, tenor
Julia Bauer, soprano
Alain Vanzo, tenor
Anita Ammersfeld, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Bruce Ford, tenor
Pieter Schoeman,
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Helge Rosvaenge, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Mehrzad Montazeri,
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Natalia Ushakova, soprano
Markus Heinrich, tenor
Recording date: 1970


12.   Giuditta, Act IV: Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heiss - 00:04:13


Im weisses Rossl (The White Horse Inn) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Robert Stolz Robert Gilbert
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Janos Berkes, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Recording date: 9-15 January 1995


13.   Im weisses Rossl (The White Horse Inn), Act III: Mein Liebeslied muss ein Walzer sein - 00:03:33


Der Vogelhandler (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Zeller
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Janos Berkes, tenor
Recording date: 16-31 January 1996


14.   Der Vogelhandler, Act II: Wie mein Ahn'l zwanzig Jahr! - 00:03:52


2 Herzen im Dreivierteltakt (2 Hearts in 3/4 Time) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Walter Reisch Robert Stolz
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Janos Berkes, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Recording date: 16-31 January 1996


15.   Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt - 00:02:56


Grafin Mariza (Countess Mariza) (II) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Janos Berkes, tenor
Recording date: 16-31 January 1996


16.   Grafin Mariza, Act I: Gruss mir die sussen - 00:05:42

Der Teufelsreiter (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge Michail Jurowski


1.   Der Teufelsreiter, Act III: Grand Palotas de la Reine - 00:06:51


Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Prague Philharmonia
Composed by: Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Steven Mercurio
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Recording date: August 2000


2.   Die lustige Witwe, Act II: Vilja-Lied - 00:06:24


Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) (more info)
Performed by: MGM Studio Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Alfred Berg Fritz Lohner-Beda Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Ulf Schirmer Walter Lutze Selmar Meyrowitz Raffi Armenian Nils Grevillius Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Georgie Stoll Helmut Froschauer Walter Weller David Parry Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Andreas Post, tenor
Theodor Weimer, tenor
Henry Raudales, violin
Julia Bauer, soprano
Dietmar Kerschbaum, tenor
Irene Eisinger, vocals
Christine Brewer, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Timothy Robinson, tenor
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Pieter Schoeman,
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Harald Serafin, baritone
Elisabeth Flechl, soprano
Sangho Choi, tenor
Yoku Mitani, soprano
Toru Tanabe, baritone
Gideon Singer, vocals
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Alexander Kaimbacher, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Emmy Loose, soprano
Otakar Kraus, baritone
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Maria Leyer, soprano
Felix Kent, actor
Andre Mattoni, actor
Rupert Glawitsch, tenor
Piotr Beczala, tenor
Mark DuBois, tenor
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Recording date: 31 December 1946


3.   Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles), Act II: Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz gesenkt? - 00:05:36


Der Zigeunerprimas, "Sari" (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge
Recording date: 22-23 September 2003


4.   Der Zigeunerprimas, Act II: Vive le roi - 00:04:48


Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess) (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Schwanen Salon Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge Georg Huber Peter Guth Michail Jurowski Laszlo Kovacs Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Eva Marton, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Adrian Erod, baritone
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Martina Serafin, soprano
Michael Roider, tenor
Mirjana Irosch, mezzo-soprano
Ferdinand von Bothmer, tenor
Kerstin Grotrian, soprano
Harald Serafin, baritone
Frigyes Harsanyi, baritone
Michael Gampe, bass
Gottfried Falkenstein, baritone
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
Marko Kathol, tenor
Karl-Michael Ebner, tenor
Heinz Holecek, bass
Yvonne Kalman,
Hellmuth Klumpp,
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Jyrki Niskanen, tenor
Recording date: 9-17 December 2002


5.   Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess): Act I: Duett: Sylva, ich will nur dich (excerpt) - 00:04:10
6.   Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess): Act II: Schwalbenduett: Ich warte auf das grosse Wunder - 00:04:11
7.   Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess), Act II: Duett: Tanzen mochte ich - 00:03:30


Die Fledermaus (III) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Recording date: 16-31 January 1996


8.   Die Fledermaus, Act III: Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande - 00:04:26


Der Zigeunerbaron (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Anton Paulik Alfred Walter Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Wilhelm Schuchter Walter Weller Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Max Rudolf
Hanns Lange, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano
Erika Koth, soprano
Charles Kullman, tenor
Janos Berkes, tenor
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Elena Batoukova, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Helmut Berger-Tuna, bass
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster,
Karel Stepanek,
Lea Seidl,
Martina Serafin, soprano
Monica Sinclair,
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Grete Merrem-Nikisch, soprano
Karin Branzell, mezzo-soprano
Waldemar Stagemann, bass
Peter Edelmann, baritone
Heinz Zednik, tenor
Harrie van der Plas, tenor
Christine Bath, soprano
Sigrid Martikke, soprano
Andreas Schagerl, tenor
Konrad Huber, bass
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Anny Schlemm, contralto
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Willy Ferenz, bass
Erich Paulik, bass
Joseph Schmidinger, bass
Recording date: 1938


9.   Der Zigeunerbaron, Act III: Als flotter Geist - 00:02:56


Ich liebe alle Frauen (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Robert Stolz
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Janos Berkes, tenor
Recording date: 9-15 January 1995


10.   Ich liebe alle Frauen: Ob blond, ob braun - 00:02:48


Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge
Recording date: 9-17 December 2002


11.   Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess): Act III: Intermezzo - 00:02:27


Paganini (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Herman Weigert Laszlo Kovacs Hansgeorg Otto Helmut Froschauer Jan Schultsz
Richard Tauber, tenor
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Peter Morrison, baritone
Carlotta Vanconti, soprano
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Daniel Kirch, tenor
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Rupert Glawitsch, tenor
Recording date: 2 September 1939


12.   Paganini, Act II: Gern hab' ich die Frau'n gekusst - 00:03:34
13.   Paganini, Act II: Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden - 00:02:30
14.   Paganini, Act II: Niemand liebt dich so wie ich - 00:04:33


Grafin Mariza (Countess Mariza) (I) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Janos Berkes, tenor
Recording date: 16-31 January 1996


15.   Grafin Mariza, Act I: Komm Zigany - 00:03:58


Das Lied ist aus (The Song is Over) (text by W. Reisch) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra
Composed by: Walter Reisch Robert Stolz
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Recording date: 16-31 January 1996


16.   Das Lied ist aus: Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier - 00:05:16

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