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- From: hsong@ardour.bellcore.com (G. Hugh Song)
- Subject: M"ullerin and lieder tenors
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 02:36:33 GMT
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- I would like to initiate a thread of great lieder tenors.
- I tried to find a satisfying recording of Schubert's Die Sch"one M"ullerin
- sung by a tenor instead of THE baritenor, D. F.-D. I like D. F.-D.
- However, I'd really like to hear the tenor song by a real tenor.
-
- I heard Fritz Wunderlich, Peter Schreier, and Peter Pears.
- I did not like them all. Wunderlich is mostly good. But he lacks a real
- pianissimo, and sometimes his voice gets harsh.
- Peter Schreier's voice is well-controlled but not beautiful.
- Peter Pears has a too much nasal sound.
- I always wished that Carlo Bergonzi had been able to speak German.
-
- So I delayed purchase of a CD version for this song until recently.
- Then I visited Tower Record. I chose between the two -- Josef Protschka
- and another tenor. I had not heard those tenors. Guess what I did.
- I chose the fatter singer -- Protschka.
- I came home, and listened to the song carefully. To my surprise, the singer
- was satisfying. He has a beautiful voice and controls his voice
- gracefully.
-
- Since I came to U.S., I could not hear classical music on radio very much.
- So I lost the track of "whose voice is the voice".
-
- Would you all tell us about your favorite lieder tenors?
-
- Hug
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