Georges Bizet Albert Lortzing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Peter Anders Operatic Portrait (18 tracks) +Album Reviews

Search - Georges Bizet, Albert Lortzing, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :: Peter Anders: Operatic Portrait

Georges Bizet, Albert Lortzing, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peter Anders: Operatic Portrait
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail: Konstanze, Dich Wieder Zu Sehen - O Wie Angstlich, O Wie Freudig
2. Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail: Im Mohrenland Gefangen
3. Don Giovanni: Nur Ihrem Frieden (Dalla Sua Pace)
4. Don Giovanni: Folget Der Heissgeliebten (Il Mio Tesoro)
5. Die Zauberflote: Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schon
6. Der Freischutz: Nein, Langer Trag' Ich Nicht - Durch Die Walder
7. Undine: Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Bruder
8. Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor: Horch', Die Lerche Singt Im Hain
9. Der Fliegende Hollander: Durch Gewitter Und Sturm
10. Der Fliegende Hollander: Willst Jenes Tages Du Nicht
11. Der Rosenkavalier: Di Rigori Armato
12. Carmen: Blumenarie (Flower Song)
13. Eugen Onegin: Wohin Seid Ihr Entschwunden (Lensky's Aria)
14. Sadko: Hindu Lied (Song Of The Indian Guest)
15. Rigoletto: Freundlich Blick' ich (Questa O Quella)
16. Rigoletto: Ach, Wie So Trugerisch (La Donna E Mobile)
17. Tosca: Wie Sich Die Bilder Gleichen (Recondita Armonia)
18. Tosca: Und Es Blitzten Die Sterne (E Lucevan Le Stelle)

CD Details

All Artists: Georges Bizet, Albert Lortzing, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Otto Nicolai, Giacomo Puccini, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard [1] Strauss, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Carl Maria von Weber, Arthur Gruber, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Johannes Schuler, Walter Lutze, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Peter Anders
Title: Peter Anders: Operatic Portrait
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Elektra / Wea
Original Release Date: 1/1/1930
Re-Release Date: 6/5/2001
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 685738302321

CD Reviews

"One of the most beautiful voices I know." - Rudolf Bing.

John Austin | Kangaroo Ground, Australia | 07/24/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In 1994 Teldec released a CD containing several of these recordings, made originally in Berlin between 1935 and 1940. It was decidedly short measure at 53 minutes, whereas this one is extremely generous. Of particular interest, amongst the Mozart items recorded with Dr Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conducting, is a version of "Il mio tesoro" from "Don Giovanni", sung in German, in which Peter Anders not only sings the notorious seven-bar bridging phrase before the reprise in one breath but he also has enough breath to begin the reprise itself before inhaling. Surely a record of a record! Of the many notable German tenors of the C20th, Peter Anders (1908-1954) had arguably the most naturally beautiful voice. Described as "the finest lyric tenor in the German tongue" by one authority, he was also described by Rudolf Bing, general manager of the New York Met, as the owner of "one of the most beautiful voices I know". Listen to his singing of "Im Mohrenland" from Mozart's "Die Entführung". Hear how German can sound even more beautiful in the throat of an exceptional singer than Italian does. Anders' special timbre and clear enunciation were much admired by the young Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. The latter singer wrote in his autobiography of the occasion in the early 1950s when he received a congratulatory telephone call from Peter Anders, and instantly recognised the voice that was speaking to him. Sadly, it was soon after this that Peter Anders was killed in a car crash, speeding to meet the requirements of a busy music performing schedule.This CD represents the best memento of Peter Anders currently on the market. The tracks date from the years when his voice was fluent, fresh, forward and most mellifluous. Some of the troubled, strained singing of his later years often produced aural discomfort, but everything here will delight you."