Minnelied (wds. Hölty)- 5 Lieder Op. 71 (2004 Digital Remaster)
Wir wandelten (wds. Daumer)- 4 Lieder Op. 96 (2004 Digital Remaster)
Wie bist du, meine Königin, Op.32 No.9 (2004 Digital Remaster)
Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
Gute Nacht- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Die Wetterfahne- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Gefrorne Tränen- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Erstarrung- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Der Lindenbaum- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Wasserflut- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Auf dem Flusse- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Rückblick- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Irrlicht- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Rast- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Frühlingstraum- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Einsamkeit- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Die Post- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Der greise Kopf- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Die Krähe- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Letzte Hoffnung- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Im Dorfe- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Der stürmische Morgen- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Täuschung- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Der Wegweiser- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Die Wirthaus- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Mut- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Die Nebensonnen- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Der Leiermann- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Track Listings (24) - Disc #3
Liebesbotschaft- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Kriegers Ahnung- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Frühlingssehnsucht- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Ständchen- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Aufenthalt- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
In der Ferne- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Abschied- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Der Atlas- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Ihr Bild- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Das Fischermädchen- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Die Stadt- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Am Meer- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Der Doppelgänger- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Die Taubenpost- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
An die Musik D547 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Meeres Stille (second version) D216 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Im Frühling D882 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Am Bach im Frühling D361 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Geheimes (Op. 14 No.2) D719 (2009 Digital Remaster)
Sei mir gegrüsst (Op.20, No.1) D741 (2009 Digital Remaster)
Im Abendrot D799
Wandrers Nachtlied I D224 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Wandrers Nachtlied II D768 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Track Listings (27) - Disc #4
Die schöne Müllerin Wohin?
Ich Liebe Dich
Wer machte dich so krank?, Op.35 No.11
Alte Laute, Op.35 No.12
Erstes Grün, Op.35 No.4
Die beiden Grenadiere, Op.49 No.1
Liederkreis Op.39 No.5 Mondnacht
Edward, Op.1 No.1
Der Erlkönig, Op.1 No.3
Odin's Meeresritt, Op.118
Die wandelnde Glocke, Op.20 No.3
Hinkende Jamben, Op.62 No.5
Komm bald, Op.97 No.5
Heimkehr, Op.7 No.6
Wenn du nur Zuweilen lächelst, Op.57 No.2
Sapphische Ode, Op.94 No.4 ( Schmidt) (2004 Digital Remaster)
Botschaft (wds. Daumer after Hafis)- 5 Lieder Op. 47 (2004 Digital Remaster)
Ständchen (wds. Kugler)- 5 Lieder Op. 106 (2004 Digital Remaster)
Heimweh II (O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück) (wds. Groth)- 9 Lieder Op. 63 (2004 Digital Remaster)
Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op.105 No.4 (Liliencron) (2004 Digital Remaster)
Verrat, op.105, No.5 (Lemcke) (2004 Digital Remaster)
In Waldenseinsamkeit (wds. Lemcke)- 6 Lieder Op. 85 (1989 Digital Remaster)
Sommerabend (wds. Heine)- 6 Lieder Op. 85 (1989 Digital Remaster)
Mondenschein (wds. Heine)- 6 Lieder Op. 85 (1989 Digital Remaster)
Ach, weh mir unglückhaftem Mann, Op.21 No.4
Ich trage meine Minner, Op.32 No.1
Der Gärtner, Op.9 No.1
Track Listings (21) - Disc #5
Mörike-Lieder, No.5 Der Tambour
Goethe-Leider, No.34 Ob de Koran von Ewigkeit sei?
Goethe-Lieder, No.36 So lang man nüchtern ist
Italienisches-Liederbuch, No. 27 Schon Streckt' ich aus im Bett
Italienisches-liederbuch, No.22 Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen
Goethe-Lieder, No.29 Anakreons Grab
Drei Gedichte con Michaelangelo, No. 1 Wohl denk' ich oft
Drei Gedichte von Michaelangelo, No.2 Alles endet, was entstehet
Drei Gedichte von Michaelangelo, No. 3 Fühlt meine Seele
Goethe-Lieder, No.14 Cophtisches Lied I
Goethe-Lieder, No.15 Cophtisches Lied II
Goethe-Lieder, No.51 Grenzen der Menscheit
Goethe-Lieder, No. 49 Prometheus
Goethe-Lieder, No. 2 An die Türen
Goethe-Lieder, No.1 Wer sich der Einsamkeit
Goether-Lieder, No.3 Wer nie sein Brot
Italienisches-Liederbuch, No. 14 Geselle, woll'n wir uns in Kutten hüllen
Mörike-Lieder, No.12 Verborgenheit
Eichendorff-Lieder, No. 2 Der Musikant
Mörike-Lieder, No.510 Fußreise
Mörike-Lieder, No.9 Nimmersatte Liebe
Track Listings (7) - Disc #6
Der Wein ist gut (Petrus/Chor/Burschen)- Der Mond (1998 Digital Remaster)
Holà! Ihr Streiter in Apoll!- Capriccio Op. 85 (2000 Digital Remaster)
Die Meisterrsinger, Act II Und doch, s'will halt nich gehn
Die Meistersinger, Act III Doch eines Abends spat
Act II - Wie aus der Ferne- Der fliegende Holländer
War es so schmählich- Die Walküre - Act III, Scene 3
Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (Wotan's Farewell)- Die Walküre - Act III, Scene 3
World-renowned singer Hans Hotter made a career for himself singing the great Wagnerian bass-baritone roles. His magnetic stage presence and booming tone made him ideal for these challenging parts. This 6-CD set includes s... more »everal highlights from Wagner operas, but focus mainly on German Lieder, showing how Hotter was able to scale his voice down and focus his performances on the words and messages of the songs.« less
World-renowned singer Hans Hotter made a career for himself singing the great Wagnerian bass-baritone roles. His magnetic stage presence and booming tone made him ideal for these challenging parts. This 6-CD set includes several highlights from Wagner operas, but focus mainly on German Lieder, showing how Hotter was able to scale his voice down and focus his performances on the words and messages of the songs.
"Hans Hotter (1909-2003) is perhaps best known for his Wagner performances in Bayreuth, where he incarnated one of the most memorable Wotans in history with his very special bass-baritone voice. We have many of these performances on disc. One of the most interesting is Keilberth's 1955 Ring (Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Box Set]).
This Wagner aspect of Hotter is also evident in this excellent collection of 6 CDs: the final scene of Die Walküre, together with Birgit Nilsson. Leopold Ludwig conducts. This must be one of the best final Walküre scenes ever recorded. Both Hotter and Nilsson are better than ever here, in this 1957 recording.
But the main focus in this collection is Hotter's lieder performances of Schubert (the cycles Winterreise and Schwanengesang, and other Schubert songs). Hotter's 1954 Winterreise is his very best, and it is one of the best recordings of this work as well. The same holds for his 1954 Schwanengesang. Two wonderful cycles with Gerald Moore at the piano. A set of 1949 Schubert performances, including An die Musik, shows Hotter in an earlier, brighter voice. Essential recordings, many of them of course available in other editions but it is good to have them collected here.
The Brahms and Schumann lieder collected here are equally rewarding, in particular Brahm's agnostic "Vier ernste Gesänge", Op. 121. This is also the case of Hotter's Hugo Wolf lieder, the latter generally considered as immortal classics. As far as I know, the Wolf lieder recital are otherwise only available in a very expensive Testament edition (Hans Hotter Wolf Lieder Recital), so it's a real bargain to have them in this cheap box.
Finally, the first CD incarnates yet another Hotter classic: Bach's cantata BWV82, "Ich habe genug". An ideal work for Hotter - considering his tragic Schubert and Wagner repertoire. A very anti-modern (non-autheticist) performance from 1950, but superb nonetheless.
In addition, this box also collects excerpts from Orff and Strauss operas, some other Wagner stuff, an excerpt from a 1947 performance of Deutches Requiem with Karajan ("Herr, lehre doch mich"), and various lieders by Loewe, Strauss, Pfitzner, and Grieg.
In sum, this is a superb bargain, featuring one of the greatest bass-baritone voices in human history in his very best performances - most of them in mono sound but in fine remasterings. A good booklet text too, but - unfortunately, no libretti and lieder texts are included (but this is perhaps a minor quibble). Warmly recommended."