It's pretty impressive that the Original C. M. Ziehrer Orchestra was only re-founded in 2003 and that by 2009 it was already up to Volume 9 in its complete edition of Ziehrer's works. The orchestra may be at it quite a bit longer, as his work list runs up to Opus 566 and Ziehrer authored a significant number of pieces besides that which do not bear a number. To that end, the Ziehrer Orchestra includes the overture, a couple of arias, and a duet from Ziehrer's operetta Fürst Casimir (1913) and also includes vocal numbers ...
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It's pretty impressive that the Original C. M. Ziehrer Orchestra was only re-founded in 2003 and that by 2009 it was already up to Volume 9 in its complete edition of Ziehrer's works. The orchestra may be at it quite a bit longer, as his work list runs up to Opus 566 and Ziehrer authored a significant number of pieces besides that which do not bear a number. To that end, the Ziehrer Orchestra includes the overture, a couple of arias, and a duet from Ziehrer's operetta Fürst Casimir (1913) and also includes vocal numbers from the operettas Herr und Frau Biedermeier (1909) and Ein tolles Mädel (A Crazy Girl, 1907). The singing, by soprano Nina Berten and tenor Jörg Schneider, is very good and faithful to the idiom, and generally that applies to most of what appears here. Perhaps the only questionable interpretation is that of the polka-mazurka Blaue Augen, Op. 168, which seems a little slow given its genre. In other ways, though, they exceed expectations, such as with the use of muted brass instruments...
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