White Horse Inn CD

Although White Horse Inn was extremely successful in London and New York neither production was ever recorded commercially. However a 1935 radio broadcast was made with the Broadway cast starring Kitty Carlisle and 20 minutes survive on rare transcription discs which we have restored for this CD issue. British and German period recordings which best illustrate the bouncy melodic charms of this zany musical extravaganza have also been found and are contained on this release. Im weissen R&oumlssl &ndash its original German title &ndash premiered at Berlin&rsquos Grosses Schauspielhaus on 8 November 1930 for 416 performances. White Horse Inn contrasts the dizzy clash of cultures of cosmopolitan Berlin and rural mountainside St. Wolfgang in which country bumpkins and big city slickers laugh at themselves and each other! br /Britain is represented by Jack Hylton and his Orchestra with vocals by Pat O'Malley and Rolando and His Blue Salon Orchestra with vocals by Sam Browne and Cavan O'Connor.&nbsp&nbsp br /To complete your listening adventures in the Austrian mountains are seven German language vocals never before heard on CD: Ilja Livschakoff&rsquos orchestra offers an authentic German dance band introduction to the score. &ldquoUnd als der Herrgott Mai gemacht&ldquo a naughty Benatzky tango elsewhere missing from the English language productions is sung by comic actor Siegfried Arno. Marek Weber and His Orchestra capture the dance essence of &ldquoIn Salzkammergut&rdquo accompanied by Das Parker Quartet. br /Finally no White Horse Inn disc would be complete without Max Hansen the original Leopold whose elfin charms and pixie wit enabled him to perform his signature role for more than 25 years all over. His &ldquoIm weissen R&oumlssl&rdquo captures Leopold&rsquos tongue-in-cheek character accurately./span