The SWR Classic Fritz Wunderlich Edition
The SWR Classic Fritz Wunderlich series contains recordings that Fritz Wunderlich made for the SWR (Southwest Radio Broadcast).
Mozart Contemporaries
Cherubini, Gluck, Paisiello, Righini Holzbauer, Reichardt
SWR19059CD
UPC: 747313905980
TRACKLIST
TRACKLIST
 
IGNAZ HOLZBAUER (1711–1783)
1
Schönster Sohn des Himmels! Holder Frieden!
2
O König! Deine Hand ist für mein Wort
aus: GÜNTHER VON SCHWARZBURG
 
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714–1787)
3
Alte Eiche an schwindelnden Hängen
aus: L'INNOCENZA GIUSTIFICATA
 
JOHANN FRIEDRICH REICHARDT (1752–1814)
4
Santi numi del cielo – Stelle! Che dici? Cara! Che dir mi vuoi?
aus: BRENNO
 
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO (1740–1816)
5
Nel cor più non mi sento
aus: LA MOLINARA
 
VINCENZO RIGHINI (1756–1812)
6
Questo agevole a ameno – Dei clementi, amici dei
7
Alme belle, fugitte prudenti
aus: ALCIDE AL BIVIO
 
LUIGI CHERUBINI (1760–1842)
8
O du meine Erretter
9
Mich trennen soll ich von dem Gatten
10
Gott! Täuscht mein Auge mich nicht
11
Dies Schweigen ist so fürchterlich
aus: DER WASSERTRÄGER
Bonus-Tracks
 
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660–1725)
12
Quel povero core
aus: LA MOLINARA
 
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685–1759)
13
Ombra mai fù
aus: SERSE HWV 40
Tr. 1–7, 12 Rundfunkorchester des Südwestfunks Kaiserslautern; Emmerich Smola
Tr. 8–11 Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart; Hans Müller-Kray
Tr. 13 Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart; Alfons Rischner
Arias by lesser-known 18th-century composers.
Contains two movingly performed arias by Alessandro Scarlatti and Georg Friedrich Handel.
Superb remasters of original SWR tapes.
The sixth installment of the series FRITZ WUNDERLICH – THE SWR RECORDINGS.

Mozart was central to Fritz Wunderlich’s career, reflected not least by his famed role as Papageno in Mozart’s opera Die Zauberlflöte. Wunderlich and the conductor Emmerich Smola were also curious to discover arias by Mozart’s contemporaries and to make them available for a wider audience with their recordings. The result is breathtaking and proves once more that Wunderlich’s exceptional voice was also capable of ennobling music by unknown masters. Stepping outside that period are two bonus tracks of works by Alessandro Scarlatti and Georg Friedrich Handel, whose Ombra mai fù is possibly the only aria in music history addressed to a tree.

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