Nikitin: Heidenröslein (1948) Dresden

A RARE SOUNDTRACK as far as I know. Victor Ivanovich Nikitin (Виктор Иванович Никитин) sings “Heidenröslein“ with the Alexandrov Ensemble, conducted by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov. Words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; music by Heinrich Werner. I understand that, for reasons unknown, the second half of the song has been edited out. This 1948 track is said to have been recorded in Dresden (though it could be Berlin). Dresden was where the German section of the 1948 tour started on 18 July for the E