Fritz Wunderlich Recital: Strauss Barcarole op. 17 no. 6

[44multiwolf]

Ein Sänger, der einen glauben macht, dass Singen das Natürlichste von der Welt sei. So einer wird nur einmal in hundert Jahren geboren.

[paulostroff99]

A truly wonderful artist for the ages. TY leonora026 for posting.

[paulostroff99]

@paulostroff99 -Jorge Bolet was the name of the Cuban. pianist. You can also add the name of Van Cliburn.to your rapidly expanding list .There are many others.

[GuidoKaiserBariton1]

Singen kann sooooooo schön sein. 

[einherzundeineseele]

Es ist immer ein herrlicher genuss dieser Stimme zu lauschen. Ein Tenor, der so natürlich sang, wie es eine Stimme vermag, sofern Herz und Seele dabei mitschwingt.

Warum musste der begnadetes tenor so früh aus dem Leben scheiden.

Ein Verlust für alle, die ein Faible für die menschliche Stimme haben.

[lovesGenet]

What a vulgar insistence. I don care who Samson Francois sleeps with .I don't believe Gilels was gay. Something about him! Married with children as he was means nothing but this man was not bisexual. Why do I feel this. Richter I was a little surprised about. Obviously sex preference means nothing compared to character. Gilels ? No! Pletnev was a surprise too! Why these island boys with all those big gorgeous Russian men. Silly post for today.

[paulostroff99]

@lovesGenet -Who cares. You can add Horowitz. and that wonderful and brilliant Cuban pianist

[schuberthomas]

omg...that's wonderful

[nichtsleezy]

Aber suesse!!

[sbodenharry]

What a wonderful performance

[klausknulp]

and beside the fact that he got the perfect voice, i can understand every single word! he had been an exception by being a very intelligent tenor. he could sing with passion AND with analytic knowledge. all this made him unique

[klausknulp]

oh forgot so many others.....svjatoslav richter, emil gilels, samson francois and and and

[klausknulp]

lol! i am not gay either, but i love love love fritz wunderlich, also maria callas, vladimir horowitz, glenn gould, mario lanza, wilhelm kempff, victor tretjakov (still alive and plays well) and mikhail pletnev (same).

[INTERNETVID]

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[igorazem]

Thanks for posting! Love Fritz!

[Cantormatis]

Wow, now that is great singing- by a great singer.

[lauraandcalin]

My favorite singer! Thanks for posting!

[forallyouknow]

Wunderlich + Strauss = positively orgasmic. There isn't a fault in that voice!

[KARINADIVA]

do you have Die Erwachte Rose by Richard Strauss? I am performing it on Sunday night along with 2 Bellini songs. I love that song but it isn't even on Youtube.. I have a recording of Lucia Popp singing it. Thanks for remembering me.

[1beldivedremo]

perché i tenori non prendono esempio da lui? ce n'è così pochi...

[kuhjunge16]

His voice is so beautiful it makes me cry. And to think of how much more he could and would have contributed to our culture had he lived beyond his 35 years... Such a loss.

[RossiniSoprano]

Bello, bello, bello!

[xgianpatrick]

wunderschon...touching...

[jblo9]

Follow that

[tomwestbrook]

Simply marvelous. Thanks so much for posting this.

Is that Hubert Giesen at the piano?

[chislehurstbat]

Yes, I think that is Hubert Giesen.

[Pianda]

this is not Hubert Giesen, that´s what I know. Hubi looks different and learned to know Fritz only later.

Above is written, that the piano-man, that played this Lied is Ludwig Kutsche.

[tomwestbrook]

Thank you for the pianist's name, I didn't notice it above (or was added after my question).

I wonder if he was the same pianist who accompanied him for the Strauss lieder on the Beethoven/Haydn/R.Strauss disc I have?

[tomwestbrook]

My mistake, that Beethoven/Haydn/R.Strauss disc has orchestral accompaniment.

[gosnay]

That is an amazingly beautiful disc!

[urgrad03]

I just cannot get enough of this man's voice with its lovely lyric quality (warm and very rich in the staff, shimmering at the top of the register)... never offensive to the ear like some of this new generation of tenors with no volume control and nuance of phrasing.

[grupetto]

Die schönste Stimme für ein schönes Lied. Denn wie dieser Künstler, ganz abgesehen von der herrlichen, voll gerundeten und leuchtenden Stimme.

[arpiel]

alas, he died young, a real loss

[alepeccia]

1) He had a beautiful family with kids and wife, all very close to each other;

2) wouldn't it be his business?

3) does it matter?

[cjondoran]

my coach, from the met, just dropped a bomb on me about Fritz. Apparently Hermann Prey and he were "partners"  oh well.

[urgrad03]

LOL... I wouldn't trust everything opera coaches spout out. I've heard just about every unreasonably far-fetched story this side of the moon. I think it's just a part of opera folklore mixed in with a little wishful thinking and a dash of jealousy;o).

[daddy2foots]

Amen.

[reallyharried]

Maybe your coach meant duet partners in a number of Rossini and Puccini productions... doncha think!?

[cjondoran]

nope, she was rehearsal pianist at the met in 1966. The alternative lifestyle was the backstage talk at that time she said. Anyway, he can be anything he wants to be in my opinion. The greatest voice ever lived. He is the reason i became a singer

[justaprojection]

No way were he and Prey sexual partners. They were close friends and colleagues. Neither of them was gay (Fritz less than anyone!). He clearly adored his wife - a case of love at first sight. As a student he had "a lot of contact" with women according to his male roommate. How do I know this? Read the biog, watch the DVD FW - Life and Legend (now on YouTube), listen to or read all the interviews with people who knew Fritz.

[justaprojection]

Then there's the letter Prey wrote to FW in July 1966, shortly before FW's fatal accident, advising him to cut down his workload, saying how much he missed singing with him and ending "This sounds like a love letter, except that I'm not gay!" Not exactly what a gay lover would have written. People in general just adored Fritz. (And anyway, FW never made it to the Met , so what would a rehearsal pianist there know?)

[justaprojection]

One last thing - if you really want to know about their relationship, listen to the interview with Prey's widow on the Life and Legend DVD (bonus section) (e.g. Prey would sometimes deliberately flirt with FW's wife Eva just to wind him up "because he knew he could get to Fritz that way".) The two couples were close friends, not just the two guys.

[alepeccia]

Fliege, mein Kahn...

[Scott272Rose]

Das ist was einmaliges!

[billyguns2]

Wunderlich had it all: gorgeous sound, perfect technique, consummate taste, intelligence, and musicality. Bravo to the sensitive and musical pianist, too! Thank you for sharing this treasure; are there any more from this recital?

[Cramnella]

Wunderlich indeed!

[pellmeli]

Pellmeli

Does it get any better?

[alepeccia]

I can't stop watching these vids... it's a mystery, and a miracle.

Unvergessen :_(

[alepeccia]

Thank yoooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuu­uuuuuuuu. Precious