FRITZ WUNDERLICH - 1965 (Live) Adelaide OP 46 - BEETHOVEN

[tenorschofield]

For me one of the best of all singing this lied!!!!, his voice is superbly mxed with the poetry of this piece...the piano is great as well , Herr Giesen really makes each count with a singular melancolic sound. BRAVOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[Emilioilm]

UN DES GRANDS MOMENTS DU CHANT CLASSIQUE !

SOIT BENI , MAESTRO WUNDERLICH !!!

[paulostroff99]

Wonderfully sung.TY denis for posting.

[faktenmann]

Fritz W u n d e r l i c h (1930 - 1966 ) ist in vielerlei Hinsicht - also auch im Liedfach - der Nachfolger des ebenfalls früh verstorbenen Tenors Peter A n d e r s (1908 - 1954 ).

Es gibt zahlreiche Parallelen.

Insofern lohnt es sich, beider Versionen der " Adelaide " und des Liederkreises " An die ferne Geliebte " (Anders & Raucheisen ) von Beethoven miteinander zu vergleichen.

[ducadibudapest]

UNICO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GuidoKaiserBariton1]

Musik, die Sprache der Engel, und jeder Ton dieses Sängers ein Gottesbeweis.......!

[augbastos85]

@GuidoKaiserBariton1 Oder ein Beweis der Stärke der schöpferischen Kraft von langsamer, aber stetiger Evolution...

[sdfgdsgfsdfg]

On the question who was the best tenor in history, Pavarotti answers: "Fritz Wunderlich"

[opera888able]

Bjorling, Wunderlich, Gedda. The three renditions are certainly comparable.

They are all beautiful, there's no doubt about that. For me it's a photo-finnish.

But I'd give it to Jussi, because I'm biased and sentimental---sorry.

[ShawDAMAN]

of the three? extant versions by him, this is by far his best and that's saying a lot.

[RoyKa2010]

@ShawDAMAN Amen! I used to prefer the Bjoerling rendition, but honestly now that I have found this live version, I'm having second thoughts!

[ShawDAMAN]

@RoyKa2010 bjorling sings it beautifully (as does Gedda) but I find Wunderlichs voice more beautiful than either. :)

[RoyKa2010]

@ShawDAMAN Oh, yes Gedda! I listened to his wonderful Adelaide long ago, so it wasn't fresh in my memory. Gedda's artistry is second to none, but when it comes down to tonal beauty there is always a tight competition between the other two giants. I'm just glad they all did it :)

[RoyKa2010]

Beethoven, Wunderlich, and that lovely accompaniment: what a feast for ears, and souls!

& I agree with everyone who feels this is better than the studio version.

To me, listening to artists of this caliber is like watching a celestial phenomenon, e.g. a meteor shower, where a single blinking can cause you to miss some spectacular scenes. So -as dreamy as the music is- I just can't afford to let my mind wander away, otherwise I miss out some of the amazing nuances that it contains.

TY

[flavaflo989]

Erste Sahne!

Wunderschön...

[tomfroekjaer]

The beauty of the genious Beethoven and the genious Wunderlich combined - can it get any better ? ... Fantastic !!! Thanks.

[tomfroekjaer]

@ShawDAMAN: to the very core of one's soul !! Great Wunderlich performance - Beethoven of course without words !

[halavey]

You know his last concerts available on a two CD set are better then his studio rec. and so good you would think it was studio. He does not take a back seat here to the great Jussi Bjorling recording or his live performance of this. This version is sung more lyrically then Jussi's.

[ShawDAMAN]

Marvelous. The first few phrases put a lump in my throat. He sounds even better and more "involved" here than he did in his earlier studio recording. Sigh. ;)

[tomfroekjaer]

@ShawDAMAN: not surprisingly you get a lump in your throat - BEETHOVEN ! -.And Wunderlich ! Who would be better for Beethoven - and Mozart... ?

[GermanOperaSinger]

Better than his commercial recording. It's hard to imagine such level of singing and artistry is possible.

[remybecute]

Wonderful to hear the tension of this live performance. As usual, Fritz creates a fantastic bit of pure beauty just as Beethoven would have adored; thank you for posting.