Lehar, Franz (4/30/1870 - 10/24/1948)
The reputation of Franz Lehár as a composer of operetta is assured. The son of a bandmaster serving principally in Hungary, he followed his father's profession, before winning, in 1902, success in the theatre in Vienna, where he succeeded in the following years in reviving the operetta, providing music of greater distinction, with tenor arias written specifically for Richard Tauber.
Operettas
Lehár wrote nearly forty operettas. Of these by the far the best known is Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), first staged in Vienna in 1905, the favourite operetta of Adolf Hitler.
Orchestral Music
Lehár also made a significant contribution to Viennese light music with some 65 waltzes and 50 or more marches.
Discography
Chamber Music
HCD32541
LEHAR: Violin Works
Choral - Secular
BIS-NL-CD-5022
CAPRICER MED OD, Vol. 3 (1976-1981)
Instrumental
8.550168
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 5
Nostalgia
8.120754-55
STARS of the GOLDEN ERA
Operetta
8.550941
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 1
8.550942
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 2
8.550943
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 3
CD98.233
EVA LIND - ICH WILL LEBEN
HRC1055
FAMOUS MARCHES
999842-2
LEHAR, F.: Zigeunerliebe [Operetta] (Stojkovic, Schellenberger, North German Radio Chorus, North...
777148-2
LEHAR: Eva
8.111016-17
LEHAR: Land des Lachelns (Das) (Ackermann, Schwarzkopf) (1953) and excerpts from Lehar Operettas
8.111010
LEHAR: Le comte de Luxembourg / Frederique / Giuditta (excerpts) (ORTF, Sibert) (1966-1980)
HCD16890
Opera and Operetta Arias: Kincses, Veronika (Soprano) – KALMAN, I. / LEHAR, F. / STRAUSS, J. II...
PH08025
Operas and Operettas - DONIZETTI, G. / LEHAR, F. / KALMAN, E. / BOITO, A. / PUCCINI, G. /...
8.111318-19
SCHMIDT, Joseph: Arias and Songs (1929-36)
8.110110-11
VERDI: Traviata (La) (La Scala) (1928)
8.110292
VIENNESE OPERETTA GEMS (1927-1949)
Orchestral
8.553337
Great Waltzes
8.110857
LEHAR: Lehar Conducts Lehar (1947)
HCD32541
LEHAR: Violin Works
8.550370
Majestic Marches
8.990043
Romantic Broadway
8.553281
Viennese Favourites, Vol. 1
CDX-5102
Violin Recital: Rosand, Aaron - JOACHIM, J. / HUBAY, J. / ENESCU, G. / ERNST, H.W. / GODARD, B. /...
PH04038
VIRTUOSO VIOLIN PIECES
Vocal
World
HCD10306
HUNGARY Emlekszel Meg …? (Can you still remember…?) - Erno Kallai Kiss, Jr. and his Gypsy Band
HCD10226
HUNGARY Souvenir from the Hortobagy