SCHMIDT Joseph: Arias and Songs

Berliner Philharmoniker;
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra;
Studio Orchestra;
Berlin State Opera Orchestra;
Blech, Leo;
Weissmann, Frieder;
Schmidt, Joseph;
Meyrowitz, Selmar;
Goehr, Walter;
Eisinger, Irene;
Dobrindt, Otto;
Gunther, Felix;
Schmalstich, Clemens;
Heyward, Marjorie;
Bohnen, Michael;
Saal, Max;
Parlophon Orchestra

8.111318-19

Although he recorded for a relatively short period, only eight years, Joseph Schmidt stands out as one of the great recording artists and one of the most popular singers of the inter-war period. With a high-lying voice ideally suited to the microphone and a natural musical ability of the highest calibre, Schmidt triumphed over unhappy personal and political circumstances to leave a precious legacy of recordings. These demonstrate both a remarkable vocal technique (Schmidt’s biographer, Jan Neckers, praises ‘the soft, plangent quality of his voice, his exceptional legato and splendid high notes’) and a wide-ranging repertoire of opera, operetta and ballads.

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

04-12-2007

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