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Oscar Straus: The Merry Nibelungs / Gantner, Evangelatos, Nowak

1 CD / Capriccio / 2012-01-31

Works: Oscar Straus: Die lustigen Nibelungen, operetta
Conductors: Köhler, Siegfried
Ensemble: WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne

Straus, renewed the most Viennese of all genres, Operetta, with a work aimed at parodying contemporary society. To his great success, every punch Iine was...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Köln (01/31/1995-02/17/1995).

Gantner, Evangelatos, Heidbuchel, Griffith, Siegfried Kohler/Cologne Radio Orchestra and Chorus

A robust perf...continue...

Oscar Straus: The Chocolate Soldier / Berger, Stein, Kranzle

2 CD / Capriccio / 2012-01-31

Works: Oscar Straus: Der tapfere Soldat (The Chocolate Soldier), operetta
Performers: Borst, Martina; Stein, Caroline; Wagner, Gertraud
Conductors: Köhler, Siegfried
Ensemble: WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne

Born in Vienna, 1870, Oscar Straus would not only conquer England and the USA with Chocolate Soldier, after a comedy by G.B. Shaw but through...continue...
Recording information: WDR, Köln (1993)....continue...