Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Bäumer, Lemnitz, Richter, Böhme; Kempe. Dresden, 1950

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The true star of this show is the Staatskapelle Dresden. They play with unabashed, yet tasteful, sentimentality. (One can only image that a few of the players must have participated in the work's premiere only 39 years prior to this recording.)
Tiana Lemnitz's smokey soprano is glorious in the title role, an achievement made all the more impressive by the fact that she was well into her 50s.
I must admit that I mostly knew Kurt Böhme from his later years when he took on a lot of character parts. Heard in his prime, it is clear that the man could really sing which is a rare luxury when it comes to the role of Baron Ochs.
This recording replaces a previous version in our catalogue and is in far superior sound.