Joseph Schmidt - Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (transposed UP!)

[wetering777]

Joseph Schmidt ist mein ganzes Herz.

[pjthemofo]

Excellent! But why transpose it?

[cosmos3532]

Now i can die in peace! Such a wonderful voice occurs only in a lifetime!

[cosmos3532]

Joseph and Björling are the very best but Joseph is so wonderful in the timbre and it brings me to tears every time!

[cosmos3532]

Fantastic!!!

[sparki20081]

Those were terrible times; but I still think that his voice will always be remembered.

[darrynray]

Thanks for uploading. Much appreciated

[artisticluminiere]

Gourmet to an auditory palate.  Emotionally tantalizing....

[fan2jnrc]

I don't like to hear the wonderful Joseph Schmidt... While I hear his delicious voice, I can't help thinking to his horrible death, and that makes me so sad. Even if Hitler was to blame for only Joseph Schmidt's death, it would have been enough to be a monster...

[GermanOperaSinger]

@fan2jnrc Well the Germans weren't responsible for his death. The Swiss killed him.

[fan2jnrc]

@GermanOperaSinger

But I didn't say "the germans" were responsible... I said Hitler... Because of course, the first cause of Joseph Schmidt's tragic death is obviously the nazi antisemitism, from which he was trying to escape when he was arrested by the swiss...

But you're right in a way, Switzerland is definitively partner in the crime... Yes, shame on Switzerland, as well...

[oskarbider99]

@GermanOperaSinger : don't tell such a incredible bullshit. Nobody killed him. He was sick and the responsible swiss did not make sure having him see a doctor, what was of course unforgiveable and sad.

[GermanOperaSinger]

@oskarbider99 He was sick and the Swiss denied him treatment. So yes - indirectly, they killed him.

[tomfroekjaer]

One of greatest tenors ever. Top ten for sure. His empathy is in the same order as Enrico Caruso,

[bill3murr]

he truly leaves me breathless....what a wonderful voice. thank you.

[geri836]

Jedesmal wenn ich ihn höre kommen mir die tränen und ich fühl mich schuldig.

[tomfroekjaer]

@geri836: sicher sehr gut gemeint von Dir (dass Du Dich schuldig fühlst).

Joseph Schmidt starb in der Schweiz (in einem Lager in der Nähe von Zürich), weil die Schweizer ihn medizinisch ungenügend betreut haben. Es stimmt natürlich, dass er die Nazis entflohen hat.

Aber ich finde, dass Du und Deine Generation - sowie die späteren Generationen - ja gar nichts mit dem Holocaust zu tun haben. Denk nur daran wieviel künstlerische Schönheit Deuschland der Welt geschenkt hat. Ich bin übrigens Däne.

[tomfroekjaer]

@geri836: continued ... es ist natürlich wahr, dass was die Nazis damals gemacht haben, unverzeichlich ist/war. Aber bitte - es ist lange her. Geschichte soll in weiteren Perspectiven angeschaut werden. Muss die Welt dementsprechend auch alles von Goethe, Schiller, Telemann, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, und und ... vergessen? I finde, jetzt ist es genug gelitten.

[Friesenopa]

mit ihm fing meine Leidenschaft für diese Musik an

[Friesenopa]

mit ihm fing meine Leidenschaft für diese Musik an

[MrMoonracker]

Schade, dass Josef Schmidt uns nicht mehr von seinem hervorragenden Gesängen hinterlassen konnte, ich glaube er war einer der besten Tenöre "ever"

[Rudipolt]

Fine Song Mr. Schmidt!

Thanks for posting!

Aloha From Hawaii!

[Fruehlingszauber]

Lieben Dank fürs Einstellen.

Ein wunderbares, über alle Zeiten hinweg bestehendes, ergreifendes Herzaufgeh-Lied und gepaart mit dieser unglaublichen Stimme des Joseph Schmidt - einfach Hörgenuß pur.

Bin selbst seit fast 36 Jahre mit meiner großen Liebe verheiratet .........und wünsche allen Menschen, mögen sie in freudvoller Liebe leben.....

[bluedutch01]

...and may I add: Franz Lehar, like Puccini,... so many beautiful melodies from one man!

[bluedutch01]

What a treasure! The color and timbre of his voice... where in the world today do we find this? Thank you for posting this!

[pantastica7]

einfach wunderschöööön !!!

[halavey]

no kiepura was not as good as far as tech. as either tauber or schmidt and by the way Kiepura for your information was half Jewish, his mother was 100% Jewish so he may have been killed. He did have a wonderful voice though. Tauber was great in Mozart and operetta and also half Jewish but got to England and safety.

[RudySunseeker]

What a wonderful voice this man possessed and how effortlessly he used it to perfection!

I just hope he got ample praise in the short span of time he was allotted.

Rest in peace, Joseph Schmidt, we will love you forever!

[dalferr]

Bravo Schmidt!

[mariella293]

...leider!!!! erst auf seite 9 fand ich ihn.....wusste seinen vornamen nicht mehr..... ***joseph schmidt*** super...super...super...diese stimme sucht noch heute seinesgleichen...da kommen selbst die "3 tenöre" nicht mit...und dann diese lebensgeschichte....ich sollte doch mal meinen alten geerbten plattenspieler mal wirder bemühen..!!?!!......aber echt super, hier solch mega super alte aufnahmen zu finden...danke s e h r...

[796824]

Tenors today would be wise to listen to Joseph Schmidt to learn the ART of SINGING

[halavey]

Kiepura had a wonderful voice but he did not out do either one in technique in fact Schmidt has the best la donna e mobile live recording of anyone for the cadenza and Tauber in Mozart was very fine, better then Kiepura and by the way Kiepura was like Tauber half Jewish, his mother was. Tauber had to leave Germany, they would have got him. Schmidt was not as lucky he wound up in an internment camp. (in Swiss) Died at age 38.

[dziady1]

It is most interesting that there is Tauber and Schmidt

of that period but for some very odd reason one who

was as good if not better than either is left out , can there be a bias there -? try Kiepura -though not German a

great german star -who outdoes both in technique and

beauty of sound . He would be one of my 100 .

[erial80]

La vida de J. Schmidt fue trágica. Dotado de un don que todos quisiéramos: una hermosa voz de tenor, le fue negado el físico: un metro cincuenta más o menos. En medio del caos de la guerra, obtuvo una visa para emigrar, pero cuando fue a buscarla, ALGUIEN la había retirado el día anterior. Entró en SUIZA y allí fue internado en un campo ad-hoc. Enfermo, el médico se negó a creerle, devolviéndolo a los barracones muriendo luego...

Erial80

[rnchy]

I didn't know about Schmidt's wonderful voice. He's a great addition to my favorite German tenors! What purity!

[bazylimd]

German tenor?!

Is'nt it a joke?

1 500 000 GERMANS burnt in Aushwitz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1980BrunoB]

??????

What do you want to tell us?

The live of Joseph Schmidt was a sad drama, but as I've heard, he was never in Auschwitz.

[bazylimd]

Problem: the interpretation who You are? who was He?

German? - Jewish? - Jewishgerman? - Germanjewish?

...........................

Never again.

We understand each other, I think.

[1980BrunoB]

Ah, I see what you mean.

I don't mind - what You are or what He was.

You, He, Me - We are ALL Humans!! Thats it.

Right, we understand each other. Never, never again !!!!

[mjmacmtenor]

If you have his recording of the "other" aria (von Appfelbluten...), could you please post. That was the recording that first introduced me to this wonderful tenor (a number of years ago).

[pearlmuth3]

bravo schmidt, always great especially here even with the old sound.

[Ankhsnammon]

Tenor or otherwise..you are right,Herr GermanOpera Fan...

Beauty is above chords,registers,technicisms..­.

and Schmidt's voice is pure beauty!

thanks again!

ankhsnammon