Stefan Schwer (Dr. Suda), Lore Wißmann (Siecna Mila), Hans Günter Nöcker (Konecny), Gustav Grefe (Lhotsky), Josef Traxel (Zivny), Paula Brivkalne (Mila's Mother), Engelbert Czubok (Verva), Hans Blessin (Student), Paula Bauer (Kosinska), Margarethe Bence (Old Slovak Woman), Karin Fischer (Mila's child), Liselotte Rebmann (A councillor's wife), Sieglinde Kahmann (Young Girl), Anja Silja (Voice of a pupil), Fritz Wunderlich (Singer of Lensky)
This collection, including lesser known works such as Stravinsky’s Perséphone and Janácek’s OSUD/Fate, will be of great interest to collectors of recordings by this German lyric tenor. The recordings were made in 1958 and 1960.
23rd June 2012
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“The Mozart overture is missing and the cast variable, but Wunderlich’s Tamino strikes a fresh-minted, princely note. Strictly for connoisseurs.”
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