{"product_id":"karajan-strauss-die-fledermaus-1960-paco068","title":"KARAJAN Strauss: Die Fledermaus (1960) - PACO068","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eJ STRAUSS II \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDie Fledermaus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1960\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 1hr 57:05\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eHilde Gueden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eWaldemar Kmentt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eErika Köth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRegina Resnik\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eVienna Philharmonic Orchestra \u0026amp; State Opera Chorus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eHerbert von Karajan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e, conductor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fTo my surprise, comparison with Decca’s own latest CD incarnation gives a clear advantage to Pristine578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThis lavish Decca stereo (John Culshaw)\nproduction from 1960 famously featured not only the elaborate sound\neffects for which the company was well known in those days, to enhance\nthe party atmosphere in act II, but also an interpolated Gala\nperformance of star turns from a succession of Decca big names in an\neclectic selection of light and what would now be called “crossover”\nfare. The recording also included the act II ballet sequence, part of\nStrauss’s score but rarely heard. Previous CD reissues on Decca have\nretained the Gala but not the ballet (which presumably would have\nnecessitated a third CD). Pristine does the opposite, restoring the\nballet but excising the Gala. For my part, I find it an irrelevant\ndistraction and don’t miss it one bit, but for those who feel otherwise,\nPristine has released it separately. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAt first I was skeptical that Andrew\nRose’s XR treatment could do anything for such vintage stereo fare from a\nmajor label. But to my surprise, comparison with Decca’s own latest CD\nincarnation, in its Originals line, gives a clear advantage to Pristine;\ntuttis are more open, warmer, with sharper detail and imaging. On the\nother hand, Decca’s sound is a little smoother in quiet passages, where\nPristine’s transfer betrays its LP source, though this is a small point.\nOverall this is most impressive, and given the choice I would now opt\nto listen to the Pristine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe performance is a classic that calls\nfor little comment. Karajan’s conducting combines high polish and an\nidiomatic Viennese quality: an easy authority that is very persuasive,\neven if his direction is longer on aristocratic reserve, and rather\nshorter on spontaneous high spirits, than with the Philharmonia in his\nEMI set of five years earlier. And if he is less memorably individual\nthan Clemens Krauss was with the Vienna Philharmonic in Decca’s 1950\npredecessor, so is every other conductor on record. The cast is\nuniformly excellent (Hilde Gueden repeating her entrancingly earthy\nRosalinde from the Krauss set, now 10 years older and a little darker in\nvoice and expression)—with one exception, Regina Resnik’s low-pitched,\ntired-sounding Orlofsky, who sounds much too old. A major difference\nfrom the two classic sets mentioned above concerns the inclusion of\nspoken dialog, which is most welcome in imparting crucial breathing room\nto the listening experience. (It is completely cut from the other\nsets.) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eIf you have the set in one of its\nprevious CD incarnations you already have the Gala, so you won’t miss it\nhere. But you have to buy the Pristine (or the original LP set) to get\nthe ballet—reason enough to justify purchase, and you’ll get a\nbetter-sounding remastering into the bargain. A win-win proposition, and\nstrongly recommended. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eBoyd Pomeroy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 36:1 (Sept\/Oct 2012) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO068.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKarajan's ground-breaking 1960 stereo Decca Fledermaus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn a stunning 21st century XR-remastering\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A win-win proposition, and strongly recommended\" - Fanfare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThis recording of Die Fledermaus was chosen by Decca to\nlaunch a premium-price opera label, and in its original release included\na sequence at the end of the second act, Prince Orlofsky's Gala Ball,\nin which a series of Decca's star singers not otherwise involved in the\nrecording perform a series of songs, including \u003cem\u003eSummertime\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e I Could Have Danced All Night\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnything You Can Do\u003c\/em\u003e,\nand others. Although this sequence appears on subsequent Decca CD\nissues, it was excluded from their 1962 SXL issue and is omitted here -\nas the Gramophone critic noted in 1960, for some listeners it would\nsurely constitute \"a very considerable disruption of the kind of mood so\nfar established\". It can be found, together with the ballet music and a\ncollection of earlier Strauss recordings by Karajan on Pristine\nPACO070.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eMy initial aim in this new transfer and 32-bit\nXR-remastering was simply to see what 21st century technology might\nbring to a superb, but now 51-year-old recording, if anything. I was\ndelighted to discover the answer was \"quite a lot\" - more immediacy,\nvibrancy and sense of dimension that really does breathe new life to a\nclassic. I also noted carefully the pitching, as Viennese tunings\ntraditionally tend to be slightly sharper than the standard A4=440Hz.\nThe recording came off the Decca LPs at A=449.24, but close analysis of\nresidual electrical hum suggested an original tuning of A=445.67, and my\nrestoration therefore adopts this pitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Cast Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHANN STRAUSS II \u003c\/b\u003eDie Fledermaus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded at the Sofiensaal, Vienna, 12-20 June, 1960\u003cbr\u003e Produced by John Culshaw, Christopher Raeburn and Erik Smith\u003cbr\u003e Engineered by James Brown (stereo) and Gordon Parry (mono)\u003cbr\u003e First issued in November 1960 as Decca SET201-3\u003cbr\u003e Transfers from Decca SXL 6015\/6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eRosalinde (\u003cem\u003ewife of Eisenstein\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eHilde Gueden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gabriel von Eisenstein (\u003cem\u003ea well-to-do gentleman\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eWaldemar Kmentt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Adele (\u003cem\u003emaid to Rosalinde\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eErika Köth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Falke (\u003cem\u003efriend of Eisenstein\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eWalter Berry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Frank (\u003cem\u003ea prison governor\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eEberhard Wächter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alfred (\u003cem\u003ean Italian tenor\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eGiuseppe Zampieri\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prince Orlofsky (\u003cem\u003ea young Russian nobleman\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eRegina Resnik\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Blind (\u003cem\u003eEisenstein's lawyer\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003ePeter Klein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Frosch (\u003cem\u003ea prison warder\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eErich Kunz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ida (\u003cem\u003eAdele's sister\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eHedwig Schubert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lord Barrymore (\u003cem\u003ean English nobleman\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eOmar Godknow\u003c\/b\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e Ivan (\u003cem\u003ebutler to Prince Orlofsky\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eB. Fasolt\u003c\/b\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e Carikoni (\u003cem\u003ean influential man\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cb\u003eAndre von Mattoni\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eVienna Philharmonic Orchestra \u0026amp; State Opera Chorus \u003cbr\u003e Herbert von Karajan \u003c\/b\u003econductor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded at the Sofiensaal, Vienna, 12-20 June, 1960\u003cbr\u003eXR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, November 2011\u003cbr\u003e Front cover artwork based on a photograph of Herbert von Karajan rehearsing Fledermaus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e*We assume these two are pseudonyms - \"oh my god no\" and \"beef assault\" (beef and salt?) if you read them out loud...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\nUpdate: We've been reliably informed that: \" “Omar Godknow” is\nChristopher Raeburn (one of the producers and eventually head of Decca\nOpera Recordings) and “B. 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