Lotte Lehmann & Richard Tauber sing the Marietta's Lied duet in superb sound, 1924

stunning with arresting photographs!

Remarkable - and, given the date of the recording, mindblowing!

Einfach traumhaft schön, hervorragende Stimmen! Schade das man heute nicht mehr so singt...

God given voices.....to marvelous to even question.........who today can sing like them.???

Beautiful, brought tears to my eyes x

Marvelous!  Two  great singers in a very beaiful duet. Thanks for posting it.

Fantastisch!!!!!

The perfection of the Art of Singing

From the first moment, one enters an idyllic world where love is fully expressed.  This is Orpheus, transforming human experience with his art.  Truly great singing.

Having just heard the Swoon 100 on ABC FM over the Queen's Birthday Weekend 2015 - this should have been Number 1
Fabulous singing by two absolute stars!

Wonderful, this is the first time I heard this duet, magnificent, thanks for posting.

Both singers embody the music.

A fabulous remastering of one of the greatest voices (Tauber's) in the era of recorded music, which comment is not intended to denigrate Lotte Lehmann. I'd not previously heard Tauber singing Korngold altho' knew this duet; so thank you.

Grandios! con anima!

The epitome of human love.  Two wonderful singers interpret the ideal experience we should all aspire to:  the utter loss of self in the contemplation of a loved one.  A life which contained this summit of feeling would be fulfilled, even if the loved object were soon lost, as here.  My life is enhanced by this music.

Korngold's music and these two voices are a combination close to perfection!

Wonderful singing and well done to all in remastering this treasure .

meravigliosi entrambi !

their voices captivated my soul. so beautiful

Wonderful. Shows what Germany threw away in the 30's

Brought tears to my eyes...beautifull

Thank you for this GEM!

One of my very favourite versions of Marietta's Lied!
Lehmann and Tauber! Dreams are made of this...

Korngold ist ein würdiger Nachfolger und Erbe der (Wiener) Klassik, er hat sie nicht an die Moderne verraten. Diese Wehmut des Abgesangs. Böse, böse und dumme, dumme Nazis, warum habt Ihr die Symbiose zwischen Juden und Deutschen zerstört

sublime

Such sublime style , control mastering this beautiful lied

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you.

Superb!

i love the song as much as they seem to love eachother

If you like this try listening to Carol Neblett and Rene Kollo singing it also Beverly Sills

Magnificent!

Credit is also due to Georg Szell who conducts here in one of his earliest recordings.
He and Tauber and Lehmann had appeared in the Berlin première of the opera just 5 days earlier.

The music that inspired these two great singers is the part that needs telling. Korngold was only twenty-three when he composed this work. "Die Tote Stadt." was a great operatic success, and is still regularly performed around the world. Because Korngold was a Jew, this composition was considered evil when the thought controllers took over. Beauty became political. But beauty won.

Wonderful!

Subline,great inteterpretarion.

Beautiful sounds from two great performers.

Beautiful duet and wonderful remastering. Thank you very much.

There is wizardry here, not just for the peerless singing, but for the rapt conducting, which comes from the baton of Georg Szell. I've seen some credits for this record that leave off Szell's name entirely. So it's no one's fault if some later transfers also omit his name from the credits. Not only do all three artists -- Szell, Lehmann, Tauber -- accomplish something magical here. These three were actually collaborating in a run of this very opera on stage right when this track was made, and the concentration of character, feeling, fine singing and orchestral playing in this record clearly reflects the intensity of "live" performance.

Wunderschön.

this is gods Music.......Korngold was not an Atheist........no great Music was ever composed by an Atheist............Facts and love from vienna austria

Wonderful singing :)

A "desert island" recording, for me. And a tremendous remastering: thank you!

amazing!

Wonderful.........blends to one with age......would even like to hear some slight scratching......so haunting and nostalgic!! Remastering is too good but anyway.. excellent!!

It just doesn't get much better than this.....

Where's the other side??? The 2nd part!

Perfection!

Gorgeous

Schitterende muziek.