This is a collection of well-known hits (Schlager) made famous by singers such as Joseph Schmidt, Richard Heuberger and Mischa Spoliansky, many of them composed for popular movies of the time. They have maintained their popularity over the years and are performed on this album by a young rising star from Austria, the tenorMartin Miterrutzner. He is accompanied by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under the baton of Christoph Poppen, who has already established his reputation with original and innovative repertoire and programmes.