richard tauber lehar-das land des lächelns "von apfelbluten einen kranz"

[ANG79130]

My dad likes this man so much

[junkman19571]

i heard a version of this on radio 2 your 100 best tunes in english.....fantastic

[genia106]

MAGNIFICENT!

[saltburner2]

There is no trace of take 2: presumably it was destroyed soon after it was made and apparently no tests have survived.

Only Take 3 was issued in the UK, and only relatively few pressings of take 1 in Germany. Most Odeons are take 3.

[saltburner2]

I don't know of a CD version of Take 1, but it was included in the 5 LP, set 'Richard Tauber: Ein Portrait', issued by German Electrola in 1982. Take 3 was recorded on 4 October 1929, and take 1 either the same day or possibly the day before.

[saltburner2]

Take 1 is also taken more slowly - it plays for 20 seconds longer [at 3' 25"] than take 3 [3'05"].

In my experience, Tauber's earlier takes are usually taken at a slightly slower tempo than later ones.

[saltburner2]

This is Take 3 in which he ends on a top A. In take 1 - much rarer - he ends on F.