The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (177): The real Marietta
mainA recording from before the composer’s wildnerness years.
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Lotte Lehmann and Richard Tauber! Charm, style, taste, tradition even with a slightly decadent cast, beautifully matched and sung; two immortals from another world, with Korngold’s bitter-sweet genius and a recording that must be almost a century old. And what a century. Still remembered, still admired, wo of the most communicative singers.
My thoughts echo yours, Edgar.
We could be brothers from different mothers!
My first exposure to Korngold was Kiri singing this at the last night of the Proms. I couldn’t believe I’d never come across this amazing composer before!
The conductor of this classic recording was George Szell
Thanks much for this, it is brilliant. Great singing and nice pics. The Nazis gave Tauber hell.
Why wilderness years? He was still at the peak of renown in 1924. Things started to go a bit south after that time. I find this version a bit slow as with the many versions which wallow in the voices rather than creating the scene from the opera.