Fritz Wunderlich: Arias From The 19th Century

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It is a great service of SWR to be able to present to public these wonderful recordings of the immortal Fritz Wunderlich. Fifty years after his death he can still enchant us with his singing.... — MusicWeb International, September 2017 More…

Release Date: 9th Jun 2017
Catalogue No: SWR19032CD
Label: SWR Music
Length: 72 minutes

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Excerpt, Nicolai, C O: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

Work length4:51

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Fritz Wunderlich
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Alfons Rischner

Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain!

Track length4:51

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Excerpt, Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied

Work length8:35

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Fritz Wunderlich
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Alfons Rischner

Man wird ja nur einmal geboren

Track length4:48

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War einst ein junger Springinsfeld

Track length3:47

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Excerpt, Lortzing: Undine

Work length10:01

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Fritz Wunderlich, Friederike Sailer
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
Alfons Rischner, Emmerich Smola

Ich ritt zum grossen Waffenspiele

Track length6:21

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Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder

Track length3:40

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Excerpt, Cornelius: Der Barbier von Baghdad

Work length15:27

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Fritz Wunderlich, Kurt Böhme
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Hans Müller-Kray

Mein Sohn, sei Allahs Frieden hier

Track length15:27

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Excerpt, Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)

Work length11:36

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Fritz Wunderlich, Raymond Wolansky, August Messthaler
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Hans Müller-Kray

Der Welt entsag ich - Nie werd ich den Tag vergessen - Gott, du hast in unsere Seelen (Sung in German)

Track length11:36

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Excerpt, Verdi: Rigoletto

Work length2:06

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Fritz Wunderlich
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
Emmerich Smola

La donna è mobile

Track length2:06

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Smetana: Die verkaufte Braut, JB 1:100

Work length7:24

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Fritz Wunderlich, Kurt Böhme
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Alfons Rischner

Komm, mein Söhnchen, auf ein Wort (Sung in German)

Track length7:24

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Kienzl: Der Kuhreigen

Work length9:57

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Fritz Wunderlich, Karl Röbbert, Bruno Samland, Hans Lindner, Alfred Appenzeller
Sundfunkchor Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Alfons Rischner

Lug, Dursel, lug - Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz

Track length9:57

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Excerpt, Puccini: Tosca

Work length2:44

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Fritz Wunderlich
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
Emmerich Smola

Und es blitzen die Sterne (Sung in German)

Track length2:44

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It is well known that Fritz Wunderlich was an exceptional singer, yet it never fails to surprise when hearing him singing works from different genres and discovering how he developed from his early performances in 1953 to the opera arias he preferred later in his career. These are now brought together on this album that contains both famous and unknown arias. Fritz Wunderlich was both a gifted singer and actor, which made him a perfect match for the Spieloper (dramatic opera), a genre to which most of the works on this album belong. Albert Lortzing (1801-1851) was a leading representative of this genre, as was Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) and Peter Cornelius (1824-1874). With his remarkable voice, Fritz Wunderlich could also sing Italian opera, in which he tried to establish himself with one of the biggest tenor hits of all time: the canzone La donna e mobile, sung by the Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto. While the performance may not sound thoroughly idiomatic, it’s pure Wunderlich. And E lucevan le stele certainly provides a goose bumps moment for everyone. The SWR spared no effort in remastering the original tapes tomake the voice of Fritz Wunderlich sound fresh and radiant. The sound engineers explain the complete remastering process in the accompanying booklet. Both this release and all future volumes of the SWR Fritz Wunderlich series contain recordings the singer made for the company from which the broadcasting company in SWR grew. They are available in this compilation only in this SWR series.

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September 2017

It is a great service of SWR to be able to present to public these wonderful recordings of the immortal Fritz Wunderlich. Fifty years after his death he can still enchant us with his singing. If you love great singing – give this disc a listen!

August 2017

Wunderlich left an extensive recorded legacy and is rightly considered the finest German-language lyric tenor of the second half of the 20th Century. Most of the music included here requires the vigorous, full-toned singing that he found most congenial.

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