Since you are interested in Viennese Operetta Gems: Johann Strauss II, Karl Zeller, Franz von Suppe and others (Original Recordings 1927-1949), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOHANN STRAUSS II
100 Most Famous Waltzes Overtures Polkas And Marches Volume 2 Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, [ NAXOS / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] The very best of Johann Strauss II taken from the complete Strauss edition. |
FRANZ LEHAR
The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) Complete operetta in German on a single CD Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Erich Kunz; Nicolai Gedda; Emmy Loose; Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus; Otto Ackermann [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "The lovely unimpeachable tone, with its admixture of gravity, and the way she floats it, makes Schwarzkopf's [performance] very special" (MusicWeb) |
PUCCINI / VERDI / PONCHIELLI / MEYERBEER / GOUNOD / GIORDANO / etc
Jussi: Bjorling Collection, Vol. 3: Opera Arias and Duets (1936-1944) Jussi Bjorling, tenor, with Studio orchestra, Nils Grevillius, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "He didn't have the enjoyable finesse of certain other masters of phrasing, but a noble sensuality that gave the Italian-French repertoire a "fashioned elegance". He originated from the Scandinavian tradition, which - a generation later - Nicolai... |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 3 (1941) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Bruno Walter and Paul Ulanowsky (accompanists) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] With her impassioned delivery, warm tone, telling word-painting and occasional use of portamento, Lehmann makes her own very personal yet utterly compelling case for Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -Leben and Dichterliebe. |