Gerhard Hüsch Die Taubenpost (Schubert's Schwanengesang D

[jrakg]

There are some interesting and insightful comments here, well-deserved by such an excellent singer. - John Austin, Australia 

[newvinny52]

Hi!

I do have the 1962 ( I believe it to be 1965?) Taubenpost.

How are you?

Have you heard the 1952 ?

I knew Husch personally, studied Lieder and song interpretation with him.

DFD never equalled Husch wamrth of tone, timbre and straightforward poetic interpretations!

regards,

Vincent

[newvinny52]

Hi!

I do have the 1962 ( I believe it to be 1965?) Taubenpost.

How are you?

Have you heard the 1952 ?

I knew Husch personally, studied Lieder and song interpretation with him.

DFD never qualled Husch wamrth of tone, timbre and straightfarward poetic interpretations!

regards,

VIncent

[saltburner2]

Husch is the finest pre-WW2 Lieder-baritone. He trained as an actor before taking up singing and it shows: his diction is exemplary, he communicates with his audience - and the voice is of great quality. He was really the best model for young singers before DFD came along and changed the game. Besides the Schubert, Beethoven and Wolf recordings, he made an excellent Dichterliebe.

[vstasov]

@wattever333 I just played it through with no problems. I've been noticing this on other YT videos. I wonder if it has something to do with traffic levels.

Try it again.

[1253sokiwi]

Dies ist die beste Version, die ich je gehört habe.

[Loomr]

my favorite version :> !

[vstasov]

Mine, too.

[VoceVersatile]

Dieses stueck freuet mich sehr. ***** Der Ton ist schoen und die Woerter sind klar.

Bravi Huesch und Moore!

I enjoyed this intimate and beautifully enunciated piece of the master Schubert.

[ersatzwerk]

it is hard to listen to his old-fashioned prussian pronunciation of the german language. he sounds somehow like a speaker from the wochenschau news in the 1930s. but he has a decent tone and this is still an interesting historic document.

[newvinny52]

Too bad the the 1960's Japanese RCA victor LP version (recoreded in monaural sound at Huesch's insistence!) is not available. I obtained the recording personally from Mr. Huesch, and the interpretation is so much more evolved!

What a pleasure to have been his student in Lieder classes for four years!

[saltburner2]

@newvinny52

I expect you know there are two Japanese recordings of Schwanengesang by Huesch?

The first was made in the Tokyo Victor studios in July 1952 with Manfred Gurlitt at the piano.

There is also a 1962 live recording, deriving from a telecast, with the Japanese pianist, Michio Kobayashi.

[saiserieht]

I adore this singer!

[scolas1]

Another treasure from the past. Thank you so much for posting. A fine rendition of one of Schubert's most charming melodies. Gerhard Hüsch had such an effortless, understated style, a pleasant change from some of the more mannered performers who succeeded him.