The Early Recordings of Fritz Wunderlich

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The Early Recordings of Fritz Wunderlich

Label:

Gala

Catalogue No:

GL100679

Discs:

4

Release date:

18th June 2012

Barcode:

8712177058570

Medium:

CD

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The Early Recordings of Fritz Wunderlich


Helm:

Die Belagerung von Tottenbuerg

recorded in November

Günther Ambrosius (Fühler Feldoberst), Franz Fehringer (Adjutant), Fritz Wunderlich (Leutnant), Hetty Plümacher (Agnes), Rudolf Gonszar (Bürgermeister)

Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart, Süddeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart, Hans Müller-Kray

Janacek:

Osud (Fate)

recorded live on 26th October 1958

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)

Württembergisches Staatsorchester, Hans Schwieger

Mozart:

Die Zauberflöte, K620: excerpts

recorded on 25th May 1958

Fritz Wunderlich (Tamino), Maria van Dongen (Pamina), Jan Derksen (Papageno), Albert van Haasteren (Sprecher), Julianna Farkas (Königin der Nacht)

Omroeporkest, Het groot Omroepkoor, Bernard Haitink

Stravinsky:

Persephone

recorded on 11th November 1960

Fritz Wunderlich (Eumolphe), Doris Schade (speaker)

RSO Frankfurt, Dean Dixon


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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.

Financial Times

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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