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| | Lehar: The Land of Smiles / The Merry Widow [Highlights in English] Audio CD, Franz Lehár, Sadlers Wells Orchestra, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Their recording of "The Merry Widow", with June Bronhill, Thomas Round and William McAlpine as principals, dates from 1958; it was a best-seller in its day and has been available more or less continuously since. |
 | | Finally, the "Count of Luxemburg" was recorded in 1969, with Neville Jason and Leslie Fyson opposite June Bronhill; it was a release in EMI's Studio 2 Stereo range, with the John McCarthy Singers, not the Sadler's Wells company, and again I've not seen it since. |
 | | The male parts and choruses are sung extremely well; on the other hand, while I know that June Bronhill was a well-loved singer of the time, to my ear she sounds a bit shrill and heavy in vibrato for comfort. |
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