The SWR Classic Fritz Wunderlich Edition
The SWR Classic Fritz Wunderlich series contains recordings that Fritz Wunderlich made for the SWR (Southwest Radio Broadcast).
Music before Bach
Senfl, Isaac, Buxtehude, Schütz
SWR19051CD
UPC: 747313905188
TRACKLIST
TRACKLIST
Disc 1 (69:22)
 
LUDWIG SENFL (1486–1543)
1
Lust hab ich g'habt zur Musica
2
Entlaubet ist der Walde
3
Ich armes Käuzlein kleine
4
Unsäglich Schmerz
5
Ein alt bös Weib
6
Wie wohl ich trag
aus: LIEDERBUCH DES ARNT VON AICH (1510)
 
ANONYM
7
Ein Blümlein fein hab ich erwählt
 
PAUL HOFHAIMER (1459–1537)
8
Was ich durch Glück hab Gunst erlangt
 
HEINRICH ISAAC (1450–1517)
9
Ach weiblich Art
 
ANONYM
10
Ich schell mein Horn im Jammerton
 
ERASMUS LAPICIDA (ca. 1450–1547)
11
Es lebt mein Hertz in Freud und Scherz
 
ADAM RENER (1482–1520)
12
Mein höchste Frucht
 
ADAM VON FULDA (ca. 1445–1505)
13
Apollo aller Kunst ein Hort
 
ALESSANDRO GRANDI (ca. 1575/80–1630)
14
Plorabo die ac nocte
 
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585–1672)
15
Es steh’ Gott auf, dass seine Feind’ zerstreuet werden
Dt. Konzert f. 2 Tenöre, 2 Violinen & B.c. SWV 356
16
Was betrübst Du Dich, meine Seele
Dt. Konzert f. 2 Tenöre, 2 Violinen & B.c. SWV 353
Disc 2 (65:51)
 
JOHANN ROSENMÜLLER (1619–1684)
1
Vau. Et egressus est a filia Sion omnis
2. Lektion zum Mittwoch der Karwoche
2
Aleph. Ego vir videns paupertatem meam
3. Lektion zum Gründonnerstag
3
Incipit oratio Jeremiae Prophetae
3. Lektion zum Karfreitag
 
CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER (1683–1760)
4
Wie bald hast Du gelitten
Passionskantate für Soli, Streicher und Cembalo
 
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE (1637–1707)
5
O wie selig sind, die zu dem Abendmahl des Lammes berufen sind
Arie sub communione f. Tenor, Bass, 2 Viol. & B.c. BuxWV 9
6
Surrexit Christus hodie
Osterkantate f. 3 Singstimmen, 3 Viol., Fagott & B.c. BuxWV 99
7
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Kantate f. Alt, Tenor, Baß, 2 Viol. & B.c. BuxWV 101
 
JOHANN PHILIPP KRIEGER (1649–1725)
8
Wo willst Du hin, weil’s Abend ist
Geistliches Konzert für 2 Tenöre und B.c.
Unique collection of Fritz Wunderlich’s recordings of Early Music predating J.S. Bach.
A new installment from SWR’s comprehensive series of Fritz Wunderlich’s recordings.
A celebrated, must-hear voice.
Recordings 1954–1957.
Digitally remastered from the original SWR tapes.

When we think of Fritz Wunderlich as an interpreter of “early music”, it's the parts he sang in Bach’s passions and oratorios that immediately come to mind. In this respect, Germany’s probably greatest tenor had already gone down in the annals of recording history during his short lifetime (26 September 1930–17 September 1966). His international fame in later years was due not only to his outstanding performances as a Mozart tenor but also to his artistic versatility: his repertoire included Romantic opera, Lieder and operetta as well as contemporary and popular music. However, Wunderlich’s first recordings of early music and of music composed in the centuries before Bach are less well-known. They were recorded by the young singer from 1954 to 1957 and are featured on this double CD; the sound quality has been technically enhanced to maximum effect.

Apart from the Bach contemporary Christoph Graupner (1683–1760, CD 2, track 6), the repertoire presented on these CDs covers a time span that ranges from two centuries to some decades before Johann Sebastian Bach’s birth. The double CD begins with six of his songs that can be considered as true gems of the Lied. This is especially true of the autobiographical Lust hab ich g’habt zur Musica (I really fancied music). Those songs were recorded in the large broadcasting hall of the regional studio of the SWR broadcasting corporation in Freiburg, in October 1954. These songs belong to Fritz Wunderlich’s first ever sound recordings.

The composers on CD 2 mark the threshold of the Baroque period, the beginning of which is usually dated at the turn from the 16th to the 17th century. This CD mainly features sacred music by Heinrich Schütz, Johann Rosenmüller (1619–1684) and Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707). Quite fascinating is how effortlessly Wunderlich was able to integrate himself into an ensemble of singers.

Even though Wunderlich always considered Mozart and Bach to be his “fixed stars”, he also succeeded wonderfully in adding extra sparkle to the music dating from the time before Bach.

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