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Various Artists: Original Masters – The Singles

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Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Released: 2003.10.01
Time:
 77:13 / 79:37
Category: Classical
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.deutschegrammophon.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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Disk 1

[1] Gould: Boogie Woogie Etude - 2:11
[2] Mana-Zucca (A): The Zouaves Drill - 2:31
[3] Falla: El Amor Brujo - El Aparecido; Danza Del Terror - 1:58
[4] Falla: El Amor Brujo - Danza Ritual Del Fuego - 3:59
[5] Maillart: Das Glöckchen Des Eremiten - Er Liebt Mich - 6:54
[6] Auber: Fra Diavolo - Erblicket Auf Felsenhöh'n - 2:54
[7] Auber: Fra Diavolo - Nur Unbesorgt, Mylord - 4:37
[8] Moreno Torroba: Madroños - 2:53
[9] Falla: Homenaje, "Le Tombeau De Debussy" - 2:40
[10] Giuliani: Sonata In C, Op. 15 - 1. Allegro Spiritoso - 5:49
[11] Wolf: Italian Serenade In G - 6:55
[12] Wolf: Mörike-Lieder - Denk Es, O Seele - 3:34
[13] Wolf: Mörike-Lieder - Nimmersatte Liebe - 2:06
[14] Tartini: Trio Sonata In F - 1. Andante - 3:49
[15] Tartini: Trio Sonata In F - 2. Allegro - 4:31
[16] Mozart: Die Zufriedenheit - Was Frag Ich Viel, K 349 - 4:07
[17] Mozart: Komm, Liebe Zither, Komm, K 351 - 2:13
[18] Mozart: Caro Mio Druck Und Schluck, K 571A - 2:30
[19] Mozart: Das Bandel - Liebes Mandel, Wo Ist's Bandel?, K 441 - 3:37
[20] Strauss (R): Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 - 2nd Sequence Of Waltzes - 7:22


Disk 2

[1] Liebermann: Furioso For Orchestra - 7:07
[2] Liebermann: Suite Ueber Schweizerische Volkslieder - 1. Es isch kei sölige Stamme - 1:40
[3] Liebermann: Suite Ueber Schweizerische Volkslieder - 2. Im Aargän Sind Zwei Liebi - 1:33
[4] Liebermann: Suite Ueber Schweizerische Volkslieder - 3. Schönster Abestärn - 2:02
[5] Liebermann: Suite Ueber Schweizerische Volkslieder - 4. Durs Oberland Uf Und Durs Oberland Ab - 1:36
[6] Liebermann: Suite Ueber Schweizerische Volkslieder - 5. Üsen Ätti - 1:37
[7] Haydn: String Quartet In F, Op. 3/5, H 3/17, "Serenade"  - 2:45
[8] Haydn: String Quartet In F, Op. 3/5, H 3/17, "Serenade" - 4:13
[9] Haydn: String Quartet In F, Op. 3/5, H 3/17, "Serenade" - 3:30
[10] Haydn: String Quartet In F, Op. 3/5, H 3/17, "Serenade" - 2:55
[11] Dussek: Harp Sonata - 1. Allegro - 2:30
[12] Dussek: Harp Sonata - 2. Andantino - 2:08
[13] Dussek: Harp Sonata - 3. Rondo - 2:51
[14] Salzedo (C): Chanson Dans La Nuit - 4:03
[15] Donizetti: L'Elisir D'Amore - Act 2: Una Furtiva Lagrima - 4:46
[16] Flotow: Martha - Act 3: Ach, So Fromm - 3:28
[17] Kreisler: Liebesleid - 4:33
[18] Kreisler: Liebesfreud - 3:47
[19] Stravinsky: Circus Polka For A Young Elephant - 3:56
[20] Thomson: Ragtime Bass In C Sharp - 1:44
[21] Albéniz: Tango, Op. 165/2 - 2:46
[22] Beethoven: Flohlied, Op. 75/3 - 2:28
[23] Mussorgsky: Mephistopheles' Song Of The Flea - 3:21
[24] Anon: Ochi Chornyje (Dark Eyes) - 4:29
[25] Varlamov: Grünes Gras Und Kalinka - 3:48

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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestra  on [1:3,1:4,1:20]
Fritz Lehmann - Conductor on [1:3,1:4]
Eugen Jochum - Conductor on [1:20]

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra - Orchestra on [1:5-1:7,2:1-2:6,2:15-2:18]
Kurt Gaebel - Conductor on [1:5-1:7]
Ferenc Fricsay - Conductor on [2:1-2:6]
Paul Strauss - Conductor on [2:15,2:16]
Helmut Zacharias - Arranger & Conductor & Violin on [2:17,2:18]

Kockert Quartet - String Group on [1:11]

Végh Quartet - String Group on [2:7-2:10]
Sandor Végh - Violin on [2:7-2:10]

Shura Cherkassky - Piano on [1:1,1:2]
Andor Foldes - Piano on [2:19-2:21]
Erik Werba - Piano on [1:12,1:13,2:22,2:23]
Adolf Hartmann - Mandolin on [1:16,1:17]
David Oistrakh - Violin on [1:14,1:15]
Igor Oistrakh - Violin on [1:14,1:15]
Hans Pischner - Harpsichord on [1:14,1:15]
Fritz Neumeyer - Fortepiano on [1:18,1:19]
Andrés Segovia - Guitar on [1:8-1:10]
Nicanor Zabaleta - Harp on [2:11-2:14]

Kim Borg - Bass (Vocal) on [2:22,2:23]
Margot Guilleaume - Soprano (Vocal) on [1:18,1:19]
Helmut Krebs - Tenor (Vocal) on [1:16-1:19]
Hans Günther Nöcker - Bass (Vocal) on [1:18,1:19]
Irmgard Seefried - Soprano (Vocal) on [1:12,1:13]
Léopold Simoneau - Tenor (Vocal) on [2:15,2:16]
Rita Streich - Soprano (Vocal) on [1:5-1:7]
Fritz Wunderlich - Tenor (Vocal) on [1:18]
Lotte Wolf-Matthäus - Contralto (Vocal) on [1:18]

Don Cossack Chorus - Choir/Chorus on [2:24-2:25]
Serge Jaroff - Conductor on [2:24-2:25]

Dieter-Gerhardt Worm - Producer
Heinz Reinicke - Producer
Karl-Heinz Schneider - Producer
Erna Eichlepp - Producer
Klaus Fischer-Dieskau - Producer
Fred Hamel - Producer
Albert Karsch - Producer
Wolfgang Lohse - Producer
Elsa Schiller - Executive Producer
Karlheinz Westphal - Balance Engineer
Heinz Wildhagen - Balance Engineer
Werner Wolf - Balance Engineer
Alfred Steinke - Balance Engineer
Harald Baudis - Balance Engineer
Werner Grimme - Balance Engineer
Prof. Mitlacher - Balance Engineer
Heinrich Keilholz - Balance Engineer
Mark Buecker - Mastering
Alan Newcombe - Research
Fred Munzmaier - Art Direction
David S. Butchart - Liner Notes, Project Manager

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2003 CD Deutsche Grammophon 474 576-2



Here's one of the past year's most unexpected and interesting reissues. We associate the "single" – usually a 7-inch record that spins at 45 rpm – with popular music, maybe Elvis or The Beatles. It is not a commonly known fact that several labels released classical music in this format as well. Initially, this was meant as a transitional format between 78-rpm and 33 rpm records, but it took on a life of its own, and persisted into the 1960s.

Deutsche Grammophon embraced the format, releasing over 1200 titles between 1953 and 1965. There were three types of singles on DG. Catalog numbers starting with "32" were most like pop singles – they were short, and the cover art, if any, was basic. The "30" series was for "EPs" or extended-play discs, capable of holding more than eight minutes of music per side. Here, the cover art and annotations were more involved. The third series was designated "37" and was reserved for DG's Archiv subdivision, which was devoted to music up to the time of and including Mozart. All three series had a retail cost well below that of regular LPs, and so DG's singles were popular as gifts and as musical postcards, if you will.

Many of DG's singles featured well-loved repertoire – arias from operas and operetta, overtures, and light classical favorites. For the current reissue, DG wisely decided to focus on the more unusual items in its back catalogue. Thus, we have Shura Cherkassky playing Morton Gould's Boogie Woogie Etude, Andor Foldes playing Virgil Thomson's Ragtime Bass, Ferenc Fricsay conducting two orchestral works by Rolf Liebermann – Furioso and the Suite on Swiss Folksongs, and bass Kim Borg singing two versions (Beethoven's and Mussorgsky's) of the "Song of the Flea" from Goethe's Faust. (Imagine anyone but Feodor Chaliapin and Boris Christoff singing the latter!) For me, some of the highlights are the Koeckert Quartet's recording of Wolf's Italian Serenade, and Leopold Simoneau singing the best-known arias from Martha and L'elisir d'amore. DG even offers us some German-style cheese in the person of Helmut Zacharias (the father of classical pianist Christian Zacharias) who was Germany's most famous jazz violinist in the 1950s. Here, he plays and conducts charmingly soupy arrangements of Fritz Kreisler's Liebesfreud and Liebeslied. There's nothing here that is unenjoyable or unworthy of reissue. It's like attending a carnival.

There's been a little cheating. It turns out that some of these recordings were never released as singles! (DG justifies their inclusion by arguing that they could have been released in that format.) It is more important to realize, however, that many of these recordings haven't been released on CD until now, so this reissue fills a whole bunch of niches. Although they were not in stereo, these were good sounding discs, and that holds true, if not more so, for these remasterings. (One exception: the Mozart EP is plagued with a sort of pulsing effect, which suggests a problem with the master tape.) The annotations are extremely thorough, and the inclusion of recording data will appeal to the "record nerd" in those of you who have gotten this far in my review!

Raymond Tuttle



... latest release in their invaluable archive-trawling series "Original Masters" ... Strongly recommended for entertainment and instruction.

Geoff Brown, The Times (London) / 14. November 2003



DG's Original Masters two-disc collection "The Singles" proves fascinating ... the selections are consistently delightful ... A real "fun bundle", neatly presented and generally very well transferred.

Rob Cowan, Gramophone (London) / 01. April 2004
 

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