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| CD News From EMI Classics, Ken Jagger, Historical Productions Co-ordinator, we received the following: "I am pleased to tell you of our plans to re-issue two recordings featuring Lehmann. The first is the famous 1935 rccordmg of. . . Act 2 of Die Walküre. . . now avaialable with the number CDH 764255 2. For the October 1992 re-issue of Der Rosenkavalier... we are using metal originals for everythlng. The catalogue number...is CHS 764487 2. This will also contain Strauss Lieder sung by Schumann and Lehmann. Both these recordings will appear on our artist-based historical reissue label ''Références.'' Lotte Lehmann is also featured on 'Les Introuvable du Chant Wagnerian' (recently re-issued on CD CMS 7640082) singing 'Euch Lüften' from Lohengrin in the Odeon recording made in Berlin in 1930 (and) 'Glück das mir verblieb' from Korngold's Die Tode Stadt with Richard Tauber . . . in a CD compilation of Tauber on CDH 764029 2." --GH Another digitally remastered CD appeared in Europe on the "Masterworks Portrait" series of CBS. It is called "Songs & Waltzes from Vienna" and features Lehmann with Ulanowsky. The CD also contains waltzes played by the Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter. The songs inludes LL's 1941 recordings of Dostal's "Heut' mach die Welt Sonntag für mich," Leopoldi's "Wien, sterbenede Märchenstadt," Benatzky's "Ich muss wieder einmal in Grinzing sein!," Arnold's "Da draussen in der Wachau," Stolz-Rubitschek's "Im Prater bluh'n wieder die Bäume," Sieczynski's "Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume" as well as the non-Viennese items: "Auf Flüglen des Gesanges" by Mendelssohn, and three French folk songs, "C'est mon ami," "Maman, dites-moi" and "La Mere Michel." Concerning this CD, Frank Manhold writes, "It's wonderful how Lehmann is able to make great Art from these simple songs." | |||
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