OP2179. DER KUHREIGEN (Kienzl), Broadcast Performance, 1951, w.Loibner Cond. RAVAG Ensemble; Walter Berry, Otto Wiener, Anny Felbermayer, Leo Heppe, etc.; Christus am Ölberge (Beethoven), Live Performance, 27 March, 1952, w.Leo Lehner Cond. Vienna S.O., w.Fritz Sperlbauer, Rosl Schwaiger & Walter Berry. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00275. Specially priced. - 0801439902756

CRITIC REVIEWS:

“This performance of this more obscure work was recorded in Vienna in 1951. The bonus is Beethoven’s CHRIST ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, performed by Chorvereinigung ‘Jung-Wien’ and the Wiener Symphoniker, conducted by Leo Lehner in 1952.”

“DER KUHREIGEN is an opera (called a 'musikalisches Schauspiel' or 'musical play') in three acts by the Austrian composer Wilhelm Kienzl. The libretto, by Richard Batka, is after Rudolf Hans Bartsch's novel DIE KLEINE BLANCHEFLEUR. It was first performed in Vienna on 23 November 1911. Set in revolutionary France, this is the love story of the Swiss Sergeant Primus Thaller, condemned for singing the banned Swiss 'Kuhreigen' folksong, and Blanchefleur, wife of the Marquis Massimelle, who saves him and then herself becomes a victim of the revolution.”