"Ja und Nein" / "Du bist die erste Frau...." ... Robert Gaden und sein Orchester (1939) скачать в хорошем качестве

"Ja und Nein" / "Du bist die erste Frau...." ... Robert Gaden und sein Orchester (1939)

Today's video features two songs from "Der singende Tor" (The singing Fool) - another Beniamino Gigli movie released in 1939. Gigli's leading lading in this melodrama was none other than Norwegian actress and singer Kirsten Heiberg who performs "Ja und Nein" (Lit. Yes and No) - written for her by her husband Franz Grothe. This risqué song was probably Heiberg's biggest hit and remains a well known song to this day. As was customary at the time "Ja und Nein" was recorded by a number of orchestra's and singers. This video features the version recorded by Robert Gaden and his orchestra. This rendition is perhaps not as swinging as the ones by Die Goldene Sieben or Stan Brenders but it is nevertheless beautifully executed and very polished. "Du bist die erste Frau" (Lit. You are the first woman) is another song by the famed composer Ernesto de Curtis which was featured in "Der singende Tor". De Curtis is perhaps best known for the song "Torna a Surriento" - first performed in 1902. He also composed the classic "Non ti scordar di me" (Don't forget me / Vergiss mein nicht) for Beniamino Gigli who sang it in the 1935 movie "Vergiss mein nicht". The story of "Der singende Tor" is quickly told : Tenor Carlo Franchetti (Gigli) finds himself accused of murdering a certain James Kennedy (Hans Olden) - a man who has been blackmailing Franchetti's estranged wife Sylvia (Kirsten Heiberg) who happens to be a lady with a past.... Rarely seen today "Der singende Tor" was an Italo-German co-production (Itala-Film / Tobis) which was filmed at Cinecittà in Rome. About the record : "Ja und Nein" "Du bist die erste Frau" Robert Gaden mit seinem Orchester Electrola EG. 7042 / 0RA 4368 - 0RA 4366-I Berlin, 1939