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KALMAN: Die Csardasfurstin
Kenny Erdmann; Roider, Kathol, Ebner; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus and Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bonynge. Notes, text online. Naxos 660105 (2)
As the important, influential Viennese operetta Die Csardasfurstin has not been captured on many complete recorded versions, it's particularly nice to welcome this beguiling new one. First appearing during World War I, this Emmerich Kalman triumph, with libretto by Stein & Jenbach, bowed at Vienna's Johann-Strauss Theater in 1915, then quickly spread throughout Central Europe....
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