The Merry Widow
Monday 2 January 2006 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Lehar's most famous creation celebrates her 100th birthday. Edward Seckerson cracks open the champagne with tenor Nigel Douglas and offers you a VIP invitation. With entertainment from Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Nikolai Gedda, Johannes Heesters and Elizabeth Harwood.
Playlist
Monday 2nd January 2006
Presented by Edward Seckerson
Producer: Bill Lloyd
Email: [email protected]
Factsheet: Shona Pew
The Merry Widow
Lehar's most famous creation celebrates her 100th birthday on 30th December. Edward Seckerson cracks open the champagne with tenor Nigel Douglas and offers you a VIP invitation to the party. With entertainment from Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Nikolai Gedda, Johannes Heesters, Elizabeth Harwood and the original cast of 1905.
CD: Die Lustige Witwe (Franz Lehar)
Tr1- Act 1 - Introduction
Wiener Philharmoniker/John Eliot Gardiner
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 911-2
Dur: 0'50" - BIEM/STEMRA
CD: Die Lustige Witwe
Tr3- Act 1 -Duet - "So Kommen Sie! 's ist niemand hier!
Wiener Philharmoniker/John Eliot Gardiner, Barbara Bonney, Rainer Trost
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 911-2
Dur: 02'55" - BIEM/STEMRA
CD: Die Lustige Witwe
CD1 Tr5 - Entrie-Lied "Bitte, Meine Herrn...Welche Galanteriern"
Elizabeth Harwood & Chorus, Berliner Philharmoniker/Karajan
DEUTCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 712-2
Dur: 02'50" - BIEM/STEMRA
Private Recording
"Danilo's Entrance: "O Vaterland Du Machst Bei Tag
Johannes Heesters
Dur:01'45" - N/A
CD: Die Lustige Witwe
CD1 Tr13 - "O Kommet doch, o kommt, Ihr Ballsirenen"
Eberhard Wachter, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Lovro Von Matacic
EMI CLASSICS 567 370-2
Dur: 01'53 - EMI
CD: Die Lustige Witwe
CD1 Tr15 - from "Den Angriff muss ich gleich Parieren"
Nicolai Gedda, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Lovro Von Matacic
EMI CLASSICS 567 370-2
Dur: 01'30" - EMI
LP: The Merry Widow Highlights
S1 Last Band - "Vilja-Lied"
Hilde Guden - The Vienna Stage Opera Orchestra/Robert Stolz
DECCA LXT 5520
Dur: 02'54" - Decca
CD: Die Listige Witwe
Tr15 - "Dummer, Dummer Reitersmann"
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Ackermann
EMI CDH 7 695202
Dur: 01'01" - EMI
Private Recording
"Dummer, Dummer, Reitersmann
Original Cast Recording
Dur: 01'30" - N/A
CD: Die Lustige Witwe (Franz Lehar)
Tr14- March Septett - Wie Die Weiber man behandelt
Boje Skovhus, Bryn Terfel, Uwe Peper, Karl Magnus Fredriksson, Philip Salmon, Richard Savage, Julian Clarkson, Wiener Philharmoniker/John Eliot Gardiner
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 911-2
Dur: 01'27" - BIEM/STEMRA
CD: Die Listige Witwe
Tr15 - "Dummer, Dummer Reitersmann"
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Ackermann
EMI CDH 7 695202
Dur: 01'01" - EMI
CD: Die Lustige Witwe
CD2 Tr11 - "Sieh Dort Den Kleinen Pavillion"
Hanny Steffek/Nicolai Gedda , Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Lovro Von Matacic
EMI CLASSICS 567 370-2
Dur: 01'53 - EMI
LP: The Merry Widow Highlights
S2 B4 - "Es Waren Zwei Konigskinder"
Per Grunden - The Vienna Stage Opera Orchestra/Robert Stolz
DECCA LXT 5520
Dur: 03'04" - Decca
CD: The Merry Widow - Highlights In English
Tr12 - Grisettes' Song
Helen Kucharek, Grisettes & Company, New Sadler's Wells Opera, Director, Nigel Douglas
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT CDTER 1111
Dur: 03.31 - TER
LP: Love Songs from Viennese Operetta
S1 B4 - "Lippen Schweigen" from Die Lustige Witwe
Adele Leigh and Nigel Douglas, with the Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper, conductor Rudolf Bibl
PHILIPS SGL 5842
Dur: 02.44 - Philips
