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Mozart Contemporaries
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Mozart Contemporaries

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Composer
CHERUBINI GLUCK PAISIELLO
Artist
Wunderlich, Verlooy, Bence, Nocker, Hillebrecht, Cordes, Lippmann, Hoyem, Messthaler
Format
CD
Label
SWR
Released
May 11, 2018
Catalog #
SWR19059CD
UPC
747313905980

About

This album is the sixth installment of the series dedicated to the SWR recordings of Fritz Wunderlich. It contains arias composed by less known contemporaries of Mozart, including two arias by Alessandro Scarlatii and Handel. Fritz Wunderlich had a bright, albeit entirely too short career. Born to a violinist mother and choir director father, he was enveloped in music from an early age. He was urged to pursue classical voice training by a theater troupe who heard him singing as they passed by the bakery where he worked. He was granted a scholarship to the Freiburg Music Academy in Breisgau, and studied there from 1950 to 1955. While there he also studied the classical horn, which explains his incredible breath control. During the remaining decade of his life Fritz Wunderlich gained respect as a Mozart singer, Bach interpreter, and Bel Canto and light opera performer.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Act I Scene 8: Aria: Schönster Sohn des Himmels! 05:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I Scene 8: Aria: Schönster Sohn des Himmels!
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Ignaz Holzbauer
    Performer
    Fritz Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
    Conductor
    Emmerich Smola
  2. 2 Act III Scene 4: Duetto: O König, deine Hand 07:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act III Scene 4: Duetto: O König, deine Hand
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Ignaz Holzbauer
    Performer
    Fritz Wunderlich, Elisabeth Verlooy
    Ensemble
    SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
    Conductor
    Emmerich Smola
  3. 3 L'innocenza giustificata: Aria: Alte Eiche an schwindelnden Hängen (Sung in German) 03:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    L'innocenza giustificata: Aria: Alte Eiche an schwindelnden Hängen (Sung in German)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Fritz Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
    Conductor
    Emmerich Smola
  4. 4 Brenno, Act I Scene 7: Santi numi del cielo 07:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    Brenno, Act I Scene 7: Santi numi del cielo
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Johann Friedrich Reichardt
    Performer
    Elisabeth Verlooy, Fritz Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
    Conductor
    Emmerich Smola
  5. 5 L'amor contrastato, "La molinara", Act II: Nel cor più non mi sento 06:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    L'amor contrastato, "La molinara", Act II: Nel cor più non mi sento
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Giovanni Paisiello
    Performer
    Elisabeth Verlooy, Fritz Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
    Conductor
    Emmerich Smola
  6. 6 Act I Scene 2: Questo agevole a ameno - Dei clementi, amici dei 09:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Questo agevole a ameno - Dei clementi, amici dei
    Duration
    09:38
    Composer
    Vincenzo Righini
    Performer
    Fritz Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
    Conductor
    Emmerich Smola
  7. 7 Act II Scene 17: Alme belle, fugitte prudenti 05:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II Scene 17: Alme belle, fugitte prudenti
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Vincenzo Righini
    Performer
    Elisabeth Verlooy, Margarethe Bence, Fritz Wunderlich, Hans Günter Nöcker
    Ensemble
    SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
    Conductor
    Emmerich Smola
  8. 8 Act I: O du meine Erretter 04:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I: O du meine Erretter
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Luigi Cherubini
    Performer
    Hildegard Hillebrecht, Fritz Wunderlich, Marcel Cordes
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
    Conductor
    Hans Müller-Kray
  9. 9 Act I: Mich trennen soll ich von dem Gatten 04:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: Mich trennen soll ich von dem Gatten
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Luigi Cherubini
    Performer
    Hildegard Hillebrecht, Fritz Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
    Conductor
    Hans Müller-Kray
  10. 10 Act I: Finale: Gott! Täuscht mein Auge mich nicht 09:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I: Finale: Gott! Täuscht mein Auge mich nicht
    Duration
    09:53
    Composer
    Luigi Cherubini
    Performer
    Hildegard Hillebrecht, Christa Lippmann, Fritz Wunderlich, Robert Hoyem, Marcel Cordes, August Messthaler
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
    Conductor
    Hans Müller-Kray
  11. 11 Act III: Dies Schweigen ist so fürchterlich 03:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III: Dies Schweigen ist so fürchterlich
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Luigi Cherubini
    Performer
    Hildegard Hillebrecht, Fritz Wunderlich, Robert Hoyem, Klaus Bertram, Walter Köninger
    Ensemble
    Stuttgart Radio Choir, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
    Conductor
    Hans Müller-Kray
  12. 12 Gli equivoci in amore, o vero La Rosaura, Act II Scene 8: Quel povero core 02:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    Gli equivoci in amore, o vero La Rosaura, Act II Scene 8: Quel povero core
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Alessandro Scarlatti
    Performer
    Fritz Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
    Conductor
    Emmerich Smola
  13. 13 Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I Scene 1: Arioso: Ombra mai fù 02:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I Scene 1: Arioso: Ombra mai fù
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Fritz Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
    Conductor
    Alfons Rischner