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- From: km34@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Keith Moulton)
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- Subject: Re: M"ullerin and lieder tenors
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.225732.16376@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 22:57:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.023633.26557@walter.bellcore.com> hsong@ardour.bellcore.com (G. Hugh Song) writes:
- >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.
- Yes, me too.
- >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.
-
- Wunderlich "harsh!?" It is true that Fritz didn't go for a real,
- falsetto-like pianissimo, but what beautiful piano tones could he produce...
- "Allen eine gute Nacht,..." for example, in 'Am Feierabend.'
- Of course there is no accounting for taste, I understand that, but I
- think you're missing the boat. These lieder are _songs_, not arias. One
- gets tired of too much affectation, too much stylization (ala Dieskau).
- Fritz delivers these from the heart, with impeccable and transparent
- declamation of the text. He truly sings in a classic style--few rubati or
- other artistic 'liberties' are ever taken. These are songs from the early
- Romantic period, so it is arguable that more liberties could be taken. But
- for my money, all that Romanticism is in the text and accompaniment and does
- not need to be shrieked at by the singer.
- Wunderlich was, and remains, _the_ premier tenor lieder singer.
- In terms of vocal technique within his repertoire, he was and is without peer.
- Also buy the recently reissued 'Dichterliebe.' It's wonderful. Has anybody
- listened to the Edinborough (last performance) live recording of Dichterliebe?
-
- >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.
- An interesting thought...
- [stuff omitted]
- >
- >Would you all tell us about your favorite lieder tenors?
- >
- > Hug
-
- Keith Moulton.
-