J.S.Bach - Matthäus Passion - Fritz Wunderlich

[adamastorBassBar]

Fritz Wunderlich remains the absolute benchmark for lyric tenors: he died (tragically) at the height of perfection, but had he lived...........? Lohengrin, Erik, Walther, possibly Parsifal; maybe not Siegmund or Siegfried but who knows? We can only guess........

[TheRunner75]

Münchinger is among the best in Bach oratorios. I don't like interpretations like Harnoncourt

[porariskaz]

ミュンヒンガーらしい中庸さだ

[LAZARUSREX1]

Extraordinario, no me canso de oirlo.

[angietihi]

Always gives shivers down the spine. Such a wonderful voice and piece of St Matthews Passion. 1964 was such a long time ago.

[LAZARUSREX1]

Wunderlich es Bach, INMORTALES

[maestrojimbo]

The pathos in his voice, no matter what range, brings instant tears to my eyes.

[flutepoet]

Fantastic! thank for sharing this!

[Bluedino549]

@167chasityfowler59w8 Voll geil, gib bei Google "Troll" oder "Spammer" ein.

Ehrlich, selbst bei solch wunderbarer Musik hat so manch einer nichts Besseres zu tun, als zu spammen... -_-

[LAZARUSREX1]

Maravilloso Bach, Wunderlich interprete genial ¡¡

[LAZARUSREX1]

Maravilloso, unico, genial Wunderlich.

[camposi]

Fritz was an aweful singer - and he came from the area I live (Kusel). That makes me a little bit proud!

[Bluedino549]

@camposi awful? schrecklich? Du meinst, nehm ich an, awesome! :D

[camposi]

@Bluedino549

Natürlich hast Du recht. Man sollte nur noch in seiner Heimatsprache posten sowie das die Italiener und die Spanier auch tun. Natürlich liebe ich den Fritz - ist sozusagen mein Heimatsänger ...... und ich liebe J.S. Bach!

[CuriosusSum]

The voice is so powerful and profound, it completely overwhelms me every time I listen to this piece. Fritz may have well been the greatest singer on earth.

[Kunsterfreut]

Ablacsia can you tell me when this was recorded?

[Ablacsia]

@Kunsterfreut Die Aufnahme stammt aus dem Jahre 1964.

[Kunsterfreut]

@Ablacsia dankeschön^^

[francesca7564]

Absolument magnifique ...

Monsieur Wunderlich, les anges ont bien de la chance .

Merci pour le post .

[CuriosusSum]

Fritz Wunderbarlich ..!

[Ablacsia]

@CuriosusSum :-)

[LAZARUSREX1]

@CuriosusSum Inmortal, genial, Gloria para JS BACH y para el R.I.P.

[jenvemerci]

パヴァロッティやカレーラスは何なのだろう？この声を聴いて目か­ら鱗が・・・・

ヴラヴオ～！！

[WolfgangKP]

Eine der besten Interpretationen die ich kenne. Schade, dass Fitz Wunderlich so wenig Zeit blieb uns mit seinem Gesang zu erfreuen...

[LeovigildoSH]

¡Sublime!. Bach y Wunderlich ¡vaya combinación!. Gracias por compartirlo.

[kacourse]

Thrilling!! I was part of a performance of this great work in the spring of 1957 in Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium; Josef Blatt, Maynard Klein conductors. All the balconies were full of choirs, the music, the singers and the orchestra were fabulous. I get shivers every time I hear this work. Thank you for posting this with Fritz Wunderlich, he is just the best! Why was he so reckless? , . . But for the shoestrings . . we'd still have him! A treasure lost.

[Narriz]

no words

[BeatvonStein]

wundervoll beeindruckende Leidenschaft...

[jeanmolin55]

Magnifico !

Grazie per il post

è splendido !

[sdegrace]

merveilleuse interprétation.

[Askade1]

Unsurpassable!

[Sonnenminze]

Nearly brings me to tears every time I listen to this. Wunderlich touches my heart.

[OrpheuCe]

I simply think that is an mistake sing Bach in a cold mechanicall or "ultra ligth" way, this is an internal dramatic music ....and Wunderlich sings the ideal way.

cause of that , I love the modern views, but I prefer Richters conception of sound......and the singers...were far better.

Wunderlich, Ludwig, Gundula Janovitz, Edith Mathis, Dieskau ...

[Glenmed]

Warm, smooth, clear tone - yet passionate. My several Wunderlich uploads include no oratorio and I was unfamiliar with this one.

I find that Peter Pears, Hermann Prey, Elly Ameling and Fritz Wunderlich came together for this recording in 1964. Reports applaud the grace and style of it. Marvellous!! TY !!

[spqrmor]

Great!

[serenaluce]

Great eternal Bach! The best version of this aria I've ever heard! Wonderful, amazing voice! Great artist! Wunderlich is one of my farourite tenors of all time. Bravo!

[tommieboy1657]

This is amazing! there are a lot of great tenors, like Peter Schreier, Horst Laubentahl, Paul Agnew, ... who sing the Matthaüspassion, but none of them is so good as Wunderlich. He sings it just perfect...

[francescaemc2]

My favorite Bach tenor! What a rare treat.

Thank you so much.

[duhhh86]

what a clear and beautiful tone!

[WJDubs]

Simply put, no one will ever match Wunderlich's passion!

[paminablue]

Chaque chanson, chaque ouvre que cet homme a chante est presque parfait!

Merveilleux, simplement merveilleux!

Merci a vous pour partager!

[LobsngDmchoi]

Incredibly beautiful solo singing, perfect pacing and what a sweet oboe!

[pastrugnone]

Incredibile! Meraviglioso! Ma quell'uomo non respirava mai? Non ci sono parole...

[chinda63]

God, his breath control in this is superhuman. Truly awe-inspiring.

[tomwestbrook]

You said it. That last run in the B section is freaking amazing.

[chinda63]

I've tried doing it and the only way I can is if I don't sing the other bits leading up to it and just take a deep breath and sing that particular phrase. Buggered if I know how he is able to without even sounding like he's struggling. Must be because he started as a horn player and developed his breath control then. Doesn't make it any less amazing

[ShakespeareHamlet]

"Soli Deo Gloria."-J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

[juancristobal60]

En español se la conoce como "La Pasión según San Mateo"; wonderful music that sorrounds my life with an spiritual "aura" that makes me feel, that there is something Divine waiting for all of us, out there...somewhere.

[juancristobal60]

Wonderful!!!, what else can we say...simply wonderful.I know about someone that is in heaven, enjoying very much this lovely interpretation by one of my "alltime favourites". Wunderlich gives us a master class in how yo sing in a charming beatiful way. Thank you "Viva Tenors"

[papidou1934]

...splendid...

[fairlytaleofnewyork]

Thank you so much for uploading this. It is really great. So beautiful. Fritz Wunderlich is now one of my favorite tenor.

[filius44]

So eine klare und gleichzeitig herzerwärmende Stimme!

[riddare1]

!Qué hermoso! Una voz tan suave como de terciopelo y su dicción tan clara.

[jabberwockygirl]

SO AMAZING!. I love him, this is so, so beautiful

[derrickguy]

Such a handsome tone and wonderful phrasing! Sometimes he scoops up a little intentionally. Is it stylistically correct to do so?

[alepeccia]

Will you upload also "Geduld, wenn mich falschen Zungen stechen"? Fritz is a star!

[Kunsterfreut]

@alepeccia FW wasnt a "star" he was a genius

[preruminator]

FW ist mit seinem Instrument der bitteren Süße der Oboe ebenbürtig. Schade, dass die Chorknaben so rauschig eingefangen sind.

[LvJols]

Qué buen cantante era Wunderlich!! Un gran cantante y muy completo. Admirable!!

[Lohengrin]

absolutely the best version on this masterpiece... moves me deeply - to tears...

[Pianda]

I heard this so many, many times from CD and am very glad that now everyone can listen to this on Youtube!

The piece and Fritz Wunderlich are congenial

[mobezi]

Hallo nattyduck, ich muß Dir zustimmen.

Es ist eine andere Welt, so friedlich, die nichts mit der Realität zu tun hat. Man braucht diese Welt, um nicht auszuflippen. Es ist wie eine andere Bewußtseinsebene.

Liebe Grüße

Mobezi

[OchsaufLerchenau]

man kann aber die beiden welten verbinden..:-)

[amacine]

bellisimo como siempre wunderlich!!

[chislehurstbat]

@amacine: so true, so pure. :-)

[Nattyduck]

It's so peaceful. When I listen to this kind of music I feel that I'm in harmony with myself, but not so much with the outside world. Well, that's a bit of a problem.

[oakroom48]

Glenmed, You have made me a Wunderlich convert! Wow - I would almost rather listen to him than anyone ... well .. I agree with Shaggy that Geduld, Geduld would be great to hear also. Thanks!

[BesACB]

Wunderlich is wonderful but the choir is in lullaby mode all the time.

[dulcissimusverus]

The first part of the text which is sung by the choir means "So our sins will fall asleep", so you can't blame them. ;)

[neronnenn]

Wunderlich IS Bach....

[lecksiekon]

Fritze ist anfang und ende aller musik

[TurbojugendJoe]

I get a shiver when listening to that.

[shaggy303]

Wunderlich is always so extraordinary. Thanks for this. Is there any chance of putting up his version of Gedult?

[NOHAYBANDAfilmprods]

WOW

NAMASTE

[Kentoo48]

Excellent!! Thank you for sharing this

[Ablacsia]

You're welcome!