This is excellent! But please also include his record with Richard Tauber/Ernst Marischka: "Du bist die Welt für mich", Tauber conducting. Oh, how I love this wonderful voice! It has followed me for 75 years, but I never get fed up!. Anders B. Faksvaag, Kristiansand, Norway
My father who lived and attended the moviefilms in Estonia in the 30-s was a fan of Schmith and surpassed his emotional mood to me! Im crying now and its FANTASTIC! No words can express this feeling!
Klingt wie eine Stimme aus dem Orbit, aus dem Jenseits, dem Totenreich.... aber unvergleichlich schön, viel besser als Fritz Wunderlich oder Rudolf Schock oder die drei Tenöre!!!
Klingt wie eine Stimme aus dem Orbit, aus der Vergangenheit, aus dem Totenreich.... aber unvergleichlich schön, viel besser als Fritz Wunderlich oder Rudolf Schock oder die drei Tenöre!!!
Definitely a great voice and a great singer!!! I love Wunderlich's recordings of this aria, but in some ways I like Schmidt's even better. He sings it more lyrically (greater vocal legato) than Wunderlich, but just as passionately and expressively. Definitely another great tenor voice taken from us much too soon!!
So often sung--Tauber, Wunderlich (w/passionate Gr, kind of un-German, & I'm 1/2 Gr)--but I love the warmth of this voice--you're "swept away" differently). "Fate" is a strange journey but Schmidt rests w/the angels of delightful music, expertly rendered! Tx.
Only Schmidt must have known the ineffable feeling of have such a great voice and at the same time be so cursed by fate. All he had to do was open up his voice and people fell in love with him.
What does his life say about humanity? Sad and foreboding.
If only he had stayed in the USA! He came in the mid thirties for a concert tour, and then RETURNED TO GERMANY and an early death. an unbearable tragedy for us, because we love his voice, and an unbearable tragedy for all the OTHERS who perished at the hands of the Reich.
German--- yes they where good people the Danes. Too bad Schmidt did not get sent to that one if her had to be sent to any at all. He was not so lucky.
Unglaublich diese Stimme, soviel Hingabe und Liebe.......Unglaublich dieses Schicksal. Warum nur? Joseph du wirst immer mit deiner Stimme in unseren Herzen bleiben!!!
Wie fast jedes Lied, das ich von ihm gehört habe , mit so einer Hingabe und so einer klaren Stimme gesungen, daß man es sich immer wieder anhören möchte !
Yes I had heard the Danes where fantastic to the Jews and even wore Jewish arm bands with the star of David to confuse the Nazi's Sweden would be a safe house surely. The Swiss had money galore in their banks after the war and came out ahead, that I read and if true and probably so it's shameful but if it had not been for Nazi Germany and that crazed Hitler Germany would not have lost a costly war and all those Jews and Christians also would have lived, including Schmidt who was 38. SHAMEFUL
Very few Jews were actually deported to the camps from Denmark - we did our best to hide them in the countryside or get them over to Sweden by fishing boats. As a saving grace for the Germans, the Commander in Chief in Denmark, at the time when Hitler introduced the 'Final Solution', secretly spread the word a few days ahead so that most Jews were able to get over to Sweden. He also had instructed the guards at the harbours to 'ignore' the fishing boats.
Yes 90% of the Jews in Denmark were transported to Sweden, the remaining 10% ended up in Theresienstadt, which thankfully, was not a death camp. The Danish government kept close scrutiny on them when they were in the camp, and miraculously most of them got out alive at the end of the war. They all returned to their country and their homes were left untouched because the Danish government had kept their property safe. The Danish Jews were very lucky. The Hungarian Jews were the unluckiest.
Switzerland was supposed to be neutral but in fact they engaged in air combat with both the Luftwaffe and Allied air forces, and many were German sympathizers. The Swiss killed Schmidt, not the Germans! And no they never apologized.
You are very well informed regarding the Jews in Denmark, Theo. The ones that were deported, were indeed sent to Theresienstadt where they apparently undhindered were allowed to receive packages with clothes and food from Denmark. Thus the high survival rate.
Magnificent voice and such a beautiful Lehar song. It is absolutely beyond belief how this artist's life ended. The world was robbed of his precious gift by goose-stepping swine--may they rot in Hell.
Denmark was also not safe? My God Europe was a grave yard. They basically killed him straight out even though he had a heart attack. Horrible fate for a great voice.
Yes, the Nazis were the hell, and they are till the end of time. But the camp where Schmidt died was SWISS-made, do you know? Schmidt was neglected in Switzerland, because he had no money at that time - and Switzerland generally used to help rich persons. Shame on Switzerland. Did they ever apologize?
Listen to his la donna e mobile on you tube, a fantastic rendition with a Cadenza that is better then anyones ever and when he did it live in concert at carneige hall, 1937 also on you tube he added a great diminuendo. Bravo for the tiny tenor called in Germany the pocket Caruso! Well a very different voice, lyric not spinto. He always said"I love ears that listen to me and hate eyes that stare at me" He was 4 feet 11 but in quality his voice was 6 feet tall.
You are so correct too bad he did not get into Denmark or England like Tauber did he would have been alright and we would have recordings in his prime. 38 and dead was just when he was hitting prime age and his Italian would have improved and we would have so much more.
Correct, Denmark was not safe either, but he would have had the chance of getting over to Sweden. Danish fishermen transported thousands of Jews across to neutral Sweden.
@gestern48: he would have been pretty safe in Denmark and would have had the possibility to get over to neutral Sweden by the fisherboats that were sailing all the time - even without interference by the Germans. Of the Jews from Denmark sent to German concentration camps almost none died. They were all sent to Theresienstadt (not a death camp) and were allowed to receive food, clothing, etc. from Denmark. This was possible through an agreement the Danish government pushed through.
"Josef Schmidt (March 4, 1904 November 16, 1942) was a tenor and actor. He was born in Davidene (Ukrainian: Davydivka), a small town in the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary, later Romania and now part of Ukraine."
is mir aber egal wo der her kam, 5 sterne so oder so.
ISimply EMOUVANTE it turns my heart.
JerryVanderwaarde 3 months ago
A great tenor and a martyr
TheSealOfTheRose 3 months ago
I got it ;==`=)
Michelllaa 4 months ago
a voice of great beauty and soul, goes to the heart in every song.
thank you
bigrab60 4 months ago
I can die in peace!
cosmos3532 4 months ago
This is excellent! But please also include his record with Richard Tauber/Ernst Marischka: "Du bist die Welt für mich", Tauber conducting. Oh, how I love this wonderful voice! It has followed me for 75 years, but I never get fed up!. Anders B. Faksvaag, Kristiansand, Norway
anders20228 4 months ago
Wonderful!!
What a purity and refinement!
This is great Singing ART!
Geert Dehoux, pianist.
geertdehoux 6 months ago
the music , i adored it
freddyv100 6 months ago
beautiful legato singing, I like how he just seems to luxuriate in the text
manfredfinch 8 months ago
Einfach nur herrlich
GrauerJunge 8 months ago
My father who lived and attended the moviefilms in Estonia in the 30-s was a fan of Schmith and surpassed his emotional mood to me! Im crying now and its FANTASTIC! No words can express this feeling!
cosmos3532 9 months ago
@cosmos3532 Exactly! Thank You!
dessay1 5 months ago
Joseph....in 10000 Jahren werden die Menschen sich noch an Dich erinnern...sitzte hier und heule wie ein Schosshund
OLIVCHEN77 1 year ago 2
@OLIVCHEN77 Ich auch!!!
MsLemonPeach 1 year ago
@OLIVCHEN77 Ich auch!!
Gruß!!
Terence9917 6 months ago
Klingt wie eine Stimme aus dem Orbit, aus dem Jenseits, dem Totenreich.... aber unvergleichlich schön, viel besser als Fritz Wunderlich oder Rudolf Schock oder die drei Tenöre!!!
123456Meggy 1 year ago
Klingt wie eine Stimme aus dem Orbit, aus der Vergangenheit, aus dem Totenreich.... aber unvergleichlich schön, viel besser als Fritz Wunderlich oder Rudolf Schock oder die drei Tenöre!!!
123456Meggy 1 year ago
Mit damals einfachen technischen Mitteln diese wunderbare Stimme zu erhalten - und immernoch unverwechselbar !
Luckyman1960 1 year ago
Definitely a great voice and a great singer!!! I love Wunderlich's recordings of this aria, but in some ways I like Schmidt's even better. He sings it more lyrically (greater vocal legato) than Wunderlich, but just as passionately and expressively. Definitely another great tenor voice taken from us much too soon!!
MrPrimotenore 1 year ago
Wie unglaublich schön - dieses Lied und wie er es singt!!
TheLenaAnna 1 year ago
He died in the same camp where my dad was kept prisoner. The Swiss didn't want to call a doctor..
rherschkowitz 1 year ago
There is something in his voice which has a deep sadness hidden in this raptureous singing...intangible. He was magnificent...
lornabegbie 1 year ago
Ein trauriges Schicksal, aber was bleibt ist seine großartige Stimme :).
JumpingFlapjack 1 year ago
So often sung--Tauber, Wunderlich (w/passionate Gr, kind of un-German, & I'm 1/2 Gr)--but I love the warmth of this voice--you're "swept away" differently). "Fate" is a strange journey but Schmidt rests w/the angels of delightful music, expertly rendered! Tx.
nancywilken 1 year ago
So wonderful! His stature militated against him but - the VOICE and the musicality is superb! What a talent!
catinger 1 year ago
A rapturous, romantic rendition sung with deep conviction, ardency and great
beauty! Thank you for posting this treasure!
Kievest 1 year ago
Oh! What a genuinely beautiful instrument!
bigmandrel 1 year ago
Wonderful - never forgotten !
cincotti 1 year ago
Only Schmidt must have known the ineffable feeling of have such a great voice and at the same time be so cursed by fate. All he had to do was open up his voice and people fell in love with him.
What does his life say about humanity? Sad and foreboding.
aristopus 1 year ago
If only he had stayed in the USA! He came in the mid thirties for a concert tour, and then RETURNED TO GERMANY and an early death. an unbearable tragedy for us, because we love his voice, and an unbearable tragedy for all the OTHERS who perished at the hands of the Reich.
herminestover 1 year ago
wunderschön... Erinnert mich an meine Kindheit..
Waltrautlilli 1 year ago
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!
RudySunseeker 2 years ago 6
Exquisite voice-beautiful rendition. Thank you for posting.
mayatatyana1 2 years ago 6
German--- yes they where good people the Danes. Too bad Schmidt did not get sent to that one if her had to be sent to any at all. He was not so lucky.
halavey 2 years ago
ja traurig, aber was bleibt ist seine Stimme, und sein musikalisches Erbe . Und daran sollte man sich stets erinnern! :)
MrSmilingBandit 2 years ago
eine der wirklich besten *aufnahmen* hier....diese stimme, dieses schicksal, dieser mann...gehen zu herzen...d a n k e .... mehr davon !!!
mariella293 2 years ago 2
Unglaublich diese Stimme, soviel Hingabe und Liebe.......Unglaublich dieses Schicksal. Warum nur? Joseph du wirst immer mit deiner Stimme in unseren Herzen bleiben!!!
Kirmesorgelverleih 2 years ago 22
@Kirmesorgelverleih
Warum? Weil er Jude war. Nur deshalb!
Medicus62 1 year ago
@Medicus62 das war eine rhetorische Frage
gestern48 1 year ago
@Kirmesorgelverleih
Eine begnadete Stimme.
Von den Nazis gehetzt und ermordet.
Niemals den Nazis die Macht geben,ein zweites Mal wird es nicht geben,
Ich habe Ihn hier gehürt,und ich habe mich Schuldig gefühlt.
Deshalb Nazis verhindern,Sie haben im unsren Land nichs zu suchen.
Thomasony100 1 month ago
Recorded less than 3 weeks after Tauber and Lehar made the original recording.
[on October 3rd and the 22nd, 1929]
saltburner2 2 years ago
Wunderbar ! Einzigartig !
Wie fast jedes Lied, das ich von ihm gehört habe , mit so einer Hingabe und so einer klaren Stimme gesungen, daß man es sich immer wieder anhören möchte !
Gruß aus Holland und danke schön für´s Hochladen!
nadann73 2 years ago 5
Wunderschöne Stimme!
SchugOo 2 years ago
Wunderschön!
0JohnTuckerMustDie0 2 years ago
Man kann es hören...
wlahmann 2 years ago
SO TRUE, THEY NEVER DID APOLOGIZE.
halavey 2 years ago
Yes I had heard the Danes where fantastic to the Jews and even wore Jewish arm bands with the star of David to confuse the Nazi's Sweden would be a safe house surely. The Swiss had money galore in their banks after the war and came out ahead, that I read and if true and probably so it's shameful but if it had not been for Nazi Germany and that crazed Hitler Germany would not have lost a costly war and all those Jews and Christians also would have lived, including Schmidt who was 38. SHAMEFUL
halavey 2 years ago
Very few Jews were actually deported to the camps from Denmark - we did our best to hide them in the countryside or get them over to Sweden by fishing boats. As a saving grace for the Germans, the Commander in Chief in Denmark, at the time when Hitler introduced the 'Final Solution', secretly spread the word a few days ahead so that most Jews were able to get over to Sweden. He also had instructed the guards at the harbours to 'ignore' the fishing boats.
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago
Yes 90% of the Jews in Denmark were transported to Sweden, the remaining 10% ended up in Theresienstadt, which thankfully, was not a death camp. The Danish government kept close scrutiny on them when they were in the camp, and miraculously most of them got out alive at the end of the war. They all returned to their country and their homes were left untouched because the Danish government had kept their property safe. The Danish Jews were very lucky. The Hungarian Jews were the unluckiest.
GermanOperaSinger 2 years ago 2
Switzerland was supposed to be neutral but in fact they engaged in air combat with both the Luftwaffe and Allied air forces, and many were German sympathizers. The Swiss killed Schmidt, not the Germans! And no they never apologized.
GermanOperaSinger 2 years ago 2
You are very well informed regarding the Jews in Denmark, Theo. The ones that were deported, were indeed sent to Theresienstadt where they apparently undhindered were allowed to receive packages with clothes and food from Denmark. Thus the high survival rate.
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago 2
Sorry but u are not very informed they did not get anything at all all was for show only yo9u better read up once more
LAJARIFKA 1 year ago
a wonderfull voice i knew this singer personally from vienna
zogen14 2 years ago
My grandfather (also from vienna) admired him, Schmidt is an all time great, no doubt.
dj4ng0l1n0 2 years ago 2
One of the most beautiful tenor voices
to express the delicate sentiments in
this wonderful song. Thank you for
posting.
Kievest 2 years ago
Magnificent voice and such a beautiful Lehar song. It is absolutely beyond belief how this artist's life ended. The world was robbed of his precious gift by goose-stepping swine--may they rot in Hell.
rekUM78 2 years ago 2
fantastic song
MultiDanie 2 years ago
Denmark was also not safe? My God Europe was a grave yard. They basically killed him straight out even though he had a heart attack. Horrible fate for a great voice.
halavey 2 years ago 2
Yes, the Nazis were the hell, and they are till the end of time. But the camp where Schmidt died was SWISS-made, do you know? Schmidt was neglected in Switzerland, because he had no money at that time - and Switzerland generally used to help rich persons. Shame on Switzerland. Did they ever apologize?
austria4you 2 years ago
The swiss always help rich people.
havanahamburger 2 years ago
Einen Tag nach seinem Tod lag seine Arbeitserlaubnis vor und er wäre frei gewesen.
Jovolution 2 years ago
Absolut vollkommen! Welch eine Technik, welch ein Herz!
Falstaff1000 2 years ago 15
The Jewish Caruso, splendid singing and phrasing.
796824 2 years ago 9
So beautiful! He was perfect!
dalferr 3 years ago 3
Listen to his la donna e mobile on you tube, a fantastic rendition with a Cadenza that is better then anyones ever and when he did it live in concert at carneige hall, 1937 also on you tube he added a great diminuendo. Bravo for the tiny tenor called in Germany the pocket Caruso! Well a very different voice, lyric not spinto. He always said"I love ears that listen to me and hate eyes that stare at me" He was 4 feet 11 but in quality his voice was 6 feet tall.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago 7
You are so correct too bad he did not get into Denmark or England like Tauber did he would have been alright and we would have recordings in his prime. 38 and dead was just when he was hitting prime age and his Italian would have improved and we would have so much more.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago 6
Hi pearlmuth3,
He would not have been safe in Denmark. They were also overrun by the Germans.
gestern48 2 years ago
Correct, Denmark was not safe either, but he would have had the chance of getting over to Sweden. Danish fishermen transported thousands of Jews across to neutral Sweden.
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago
@gestern48: he would have been pretty safe in Denmark and would have had the possibility to get over to neutral Sweden by the fisherboats that were sailing all the time - even without interference by the Germans. Of the Jews from Denmark sent to German concentration camps almost none died. They were all sent to Theresienstadt (not a death camp) and were allowed to receive food, clothing, etc. from Denmark. This was possible through an agreement the Danish government pushed through.
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
@gestern48 i would not say by the germans, rather by germany. people should not really be blamed for trusting the wrong leaders....
but hey - thanks for sharing the song. i love it dearly.
caveabilly 7 months ago
@caveabilly
Don't nitpick. If you wish to be pedantic, Germany is a land mass and cannot overrun anybody.
gestern48 7 months ago
@gestern48 He died in Switserland 1942. There no was Germany army
He song I love Holland (The Netherlands) Ich liebe Holland (Niederlande)
IK HOU VAN HOLLAND -heute-
19elvis38 4 months ago
he was not german - he was a Rumanian Jewish tenor killed by the Swiss collaborationist government during the Nazi era.
In retrospect, Joseph Schmidt would have been lucky to never have had German as his mother tongue!
But, one cannot choose where one is born and , for Jews , German was ( and I believe still is) TOXIC!!
lingepizda 3 years ago
*Full* of charm and tenderness. Just the right voice for this - beautiful! Thank you:)
oakroom48 3 years ago
Was für eine traumhaft schöne Stimme .... sie singt und klingt immer noch, hier und auch im Himmel, Himmel der schönsten Stimmen !!
Allen liebe Grüße von
JAN
Lucasrica 3 years ago
von wikipedia:
"Josef Schmidt (March 4, 1904 November 16, 1942) was a tenor and actor. He was born in Davidene (Ukrainian: Davydivka), a small town in the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary, later Romania and now part of Ukraine."
is mir aber egal wo der her kam, 5 sterne so oder so.
GulWestfale 3 years ago 4
Soooooooooooooo wunderschön,Gänsehaut pur!!!!
streni33 3 years ago
wonderfull!!!!!1
chajiim 3 years ago
Thank you for posting1
Danke dir !
akattara 3 years ago
Danke...
dearmalika 3 years ago
Wunderbar!Es fuehrt mich in meine Jugend zurueck - ich haett' nie geglaubt dass dieses Lied mir soviel bedeutet!Danke fuers "posten"!
FilmTraum5 3 years ago
I must have heard this song thousands of times and I never tire of it, nor will I ever tire of listening to it. Absolutely beautiful.
LetonBrain 3 years ago 4
This is absolutely the best I have ever heard this aria performed.
He could sing Domingo through a floor.
KissaMyEyes 3 years ago
Domingo could not even dream of wiping this man's ass.
GermanOperaSinger 3 years ago
1. That's probably not one of Domingo's dreams.
2. Why the hostility? Domingo sings this piece well enough, but it's not his specialty; for Schmidt, however, Lehar is like mother's milk.
Why can't we just enjoy him without disparaging others?
kgus123 3 years ago 9
An atypically venomous comment for you, GermanOperaSinger! Domingo can be very good. Obviously, this sort of thing wouldn't be his specialty...
Chiliarches 3 years ago 3
Well, Domingo is now being converted to a baritone - very odd!
As for Joseph Schmidt - too bad he had to be born in Romania , a Jew and speak German at home - it proved to have been a fatal cocktail!
lingepizda 3 years ago
Absolutely! I like Domingo, but in my opinion, no-one can sing anything better than Joseph.
bauerinxyz 3 years ago 3
I know of no other tenor who sings with more feeling!
gruezigruezi 2 years ago 3