Electrola Operetta Collection: Franz Lehar / Various (CD)

Always smile, Franz Lehár in legendary original cross-sections. In millions of living rooms they were heard: the voices of Rudolf Schock, Fritz Wunderlich, Erika Köth, Anneliese Rothenberger or Nicolai Gedda. On the turntables revolved since the economic miracle-Jah-ren great operetta recordings that are among the most beautiful archive treasures. For the first time now appear the legendary original sections of the Lehár operetta - including rarities such as Friederike and Giuditta - collected in a box. The Land of Smiles, The Tsarevich, Paganini, The Merry Widow, Giuditta: operetta grandmaster Franz Lehár broke in the early years of the 20th century all records. With tunes as always just smile, You are my heart, my lips every kiss so hot, or A soldier stands on banks of the Volga, he was the style for the entire genre by Johann Strauss. Often declared dead, the operetta is in the hearts of the audience still alive - and it owes not least the famous Cologne recordings that now appear under the Warner Classics logo. The original Lehár-sections also include less familiar such as quot;The Count of Luxembourgquot;, quot;Friederikequot;, quot;Gypsy Lovequot; or quot;Schön ist die Weltquot;. Lehár's worldwide hit The Land of Smiles is even in two interpretations here - with Erika Köth and Rudolf Schock in 1957, also with Melitta Muszely and the great Fritz Wunderlich in 1963. So has the 5-CD box Always smile a unique journey through the Lehár operetta as in the golden age.