Johanna Egli - Two Wolf songs

Gesang Weylas & Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt entstund -
with Charlotte Kaufmann (piano).
Lindström master Prv 354, rec. Berlin, November 1936.
The records of contralto Johanna Egli (1896-1973), as Fischer-Dieskau a pupil of Georg A. Walter, are something of an acquired taste; similar to Blanche Marchesi, she had almost everything a successful singer needs - except a beautiful voice. I'd almost go as far as saying her voice is positively ugly, but still she has lots to offer artistically.
She came with her teacher Walter to the Stuttgart conservatory in 1923 and later followed him to Berlin in 1934. She was especially especially successful in the songs of the late romantics such as Wolf, Pfitzner, and Reger, and although the record company executives did not exactly form a queue at her door, she still had admirers that bought her recordings (or, as in this case, even paid for the session!). Around 1950 she seems to have retired from the concert stage to devote her time to teaching entirely.

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