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Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes. Michael Jurowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. CPO 999 891-2.
Apart from The Merry Widow you don't hear much of the music of Franz Lehar (1870-1948) anymore, I suppose his brand of slightly schmaltzy romanticism has long since become pass6. And when an album like this one of the man's orchestral music does come along, it is inevitably compared to Willi Boskovsky's sprightly, mid-eighties recording for EMI. Fortunately, most of the material on conductor Michael Jurowski's new release is different from that included on the Boskovsky disc, so the new arrival makes an attractive complement to the older recording.
The only partial duplication is the music from The Merry Widow, with Boskovsky giving us a briefer synopsis and Jurowski the longer, more complete overture. In addition, Jurowski ...
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