Hans Hotter sings An die Musik

[chrismoonface]

Singing this tomorrow at UIL(:,

Im Shitting bricks.. -.-

[cantorgasma]

This version, Lotte Lehmann's, and Fritz Wunderlich's. None others need apply.

[voce29]

Unbeschreiblich schoen!!!

[kofiya]

Wieso "entsunden"?

[abracadabranque]

Qu'on ne me parle plus de Fischer-Dieskau après Hotter!Ce dernier est beaucoup plus fin,avec des moyens sans communes mesures,mais qu'il sait retenir:Un exemple!

[francesca7564]

@abracadabranque

Certes un exemple, qui pour une fois a su "adoucir" son austérité ...

Bises mon ami et merci pour ton partage.

Merci Petrof4056, pour le post .

[abracadabranque]

@francesca7564 Vois-tu,je ne pensais pas trouver dans ce répertoire un travail si fin et une musicalité si accomplie chez Hotter.Celà évacue complètement Fischer-Dieskau .Je crois,sauf omission,avoir trouvé le meilleur interprète de Schubert.

[francesca7564]

@abracadabranque

Complètement d'accord avec toi sur F.D.

[RoyKa2010]

@abracadabranque Grande finesse artistique sans prétention. Et on peut le croire. Vraiment sublime! Merci pour cette trouvaille.

[abracadabranque]

@RoyKa2010 Devant tant d'enthousiasme et de compréhension musicale je ne peux qu'être comblé.Je te présenterai désormais tout ce qui me semble digne d'un intérêt très particulier.A bientôt!

Mitia.

[cantorga]

there is a version in any key you could desire. All it requires is an accompanist who can transpose...in this song, not an unfulfillable request. But Hotter could sing it in in P minor and still be unsurpassed and unsurpassable.

[Teddyb1939]

I never can get over how lovely this Schubert song is, this Hotter version is magic, Gerald Moore the great.

[OTWdk]

Who can equal Hotter? Whenever I listen to Hotter I hear Schubert and feel Schober's heart. Hotter is a true artist without ego. The best.

[Teddyb1939]

Hotter & moore what a combination, pure MAGIC.

kathleen Ferrier runs it close but Hotter for me.

[molliedog01]

Another inspirational interpretation of a mesmerising lied

Thank you for sharing

[bobdoney1]

I've been stuffing myself with An Die Musik this morning - again. There are so many beautiful songs, so many beautiful Schubert songs - and then there's An Die Musik.

I'm not into picking winners; so many talented artists have wonderful interpretations. But today I've particularly enjoyed this, and Ferrier, and Wunderlich. But it was De Los Angeles who actually brought the tears.

Thanks for posting, petrof.

[MrGabrielCosta]

Hans Hotter and Wunderlich!

[tmccaffery12]

This is hands down the ultimate version of the song. Nobody has come close to Hotter singing this song.

[cdgray2]

Ted10038 - Yes, a splendid evaluation. To think that this huge man who sang Wotan for almost four decades could render this song so peacefully is astounding. He is missed.

[bodiloto]

Sublime Hotter Grazie !

[bobdoney1]

A truly lovely rendering. I also admire Kathleen Ferrier's version.

billyguns2, how true!

[Ted10038]

This is the Classical singers' "My way", in that in thanking Music for what it has personally given to them, they show us exactly what music means to them personally.

While most seem to want to demonstrate as much artistry as possible (thus glorifying artistry and technique rather than music, per se), Hotter's version is about as honest and sincere as you can get, thanking Music, humbly and from the bottom of his heart for its bounty.

A treasure indeed!

[embenadorfinearts]

@Ted10038 It cannot be said in better terms and wording ! Thank you for your comment.

[argerichluvr]

@Ted10038 - Whoa, what a great response. I'm speechless and that's not me! Beautifully worded and expressed.

[cantorgasma]

@Ted10038 Very beautifully articulated and very true, thank you. I will however take exception to comparing it with "My Way" which, to many ears--very much including mibne--is a simply obnoxious celebration of egotcentricity; the opposite, in fact, of what is being offered to us here. I was present when the magical Dame Kiri gave her laughing risposte to that song, which was: "I did it Wolfgang's way!" Thought you would enjoy the anecdote.

[federricoilgrande]

Hans Hotter un campione:)

[preruminator]

Eine noble Stimme, die viereinhalb Jahre nach Kriegsende immer noch ein wenig leidbefangen klingt.

[OisNedSoEinfach]

nice to know there is a version in b-flat major, cause thats what i'm searchin for. In D it's just to high for a bass :)

[OisNedSoEinfach]

is this version in D-major?

[petrof4056]

i think B flat Major

[argerichluvr]

@petrof4056 - Yes, it's B flat Major. Usually higher voices sing it in D Major. And since Hans is a bass-baritone is would make sense for him to sing it in B flat.

[cernacerna]

@petrof4056 I'm a bass baritone and I'm singing this in B flat :)

[adamastorBassBar]

@cernacerna Why not try it in B major? It makes it less dark and is a much more interesting key : I'm a bass-baritone too. C major is the key for a proper baritone, but (I think) not a nice tonality for this song. B flat can make it all sound a bit funereal. Anyway good luck with it!

[77Opera]

Magnifique!

[embenadorfinearts]

UNSURPASSED ! THE PERFECT MUSICAL INTERPRETATION AND THE ART OF HOW DIMINISHING THE VOICE TO SUIT LIEDER. Thank you for posting this video !

[vstasov]

Very beautiful. He was an extraordinary artist with a wide range of gifts.

Thank you.

[oakroom48]

Thank you! A warm and lovely version:)

[billyguns2]

Beautiful. There was a time when opera singers also sang Lieder stylishly and equally as well.