Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Haydn: Vocal Works

Sailer, Friederike; Kahmann, Sieglinde; Dünnwald, Josef; South German Radio Choir; Giebel, Agnes; Nöcker, Hans Günter; Brauer, Herbert; South German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Schuricht, Carl; Stader, Maria; Günter, Horst; Müller-Kray, Hans; Württemberg State Orchestra Stuttgart; Rischner, Alfons; South German Radio Choir, male section; McDaniel, Barry; Bern State Orchestra; Engen, Kieth; Wunderlich, Fritz

Dies Bildnis is bezaubernd schon, Tamino’s famous aria from Mozart’s Zauberflote, has become the signature piece of Fritz Wunderlich’s 13-year career. It was his first stage role as a student on July 21 1954, and it was the last piece he sang on September 5, 1966 during a guest performance at the Stuttgart State Opera in Edinburg. Wunderlich continuously worked on this aria to perfect it. The recording on this album is from April 17, 1959. Most interesting are the excerpts from Schubert operas, including previously unreleased arias from Fierrabras, and excerpts from the generally unknown opera Die Wunderinsel. Music journalist Kurt Honolka combined pieces by Schubert, mostly from Alfonso und Estrella, with parts of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The resulting pastiche was first performed in January 1958 at the Stuttgart Opera and recorded later that year.

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