Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Legendary Recordings

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Legendary Recordings

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Legendary Recordings
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Composer: Richard [1] Strauss
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Engelbert [Classical] Humperdinck
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Composer: Johann II [Junior] Strauss
Composer: Franz Lehar
Composer: Franz von Suppe
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Orchestra: Deutschen Opernorchester
Orchestra: Deutschen Opernhauses Orchester
Orchestra: Berlin Deutschen Opernhauses Orchester
Performer: George Thalben-Ball
Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Performer: Irmgard Seefried
Performer: Elisabeth Grummer
Performer: Anny Felbermayer
Performer: Nicolai Gedda
Performer: Gertrud Schuster
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-30
Music Label: Profil - G Haenssler
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a)
Music CD 2
  1. Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), operetta (RV 511): O habet acht!
  2. Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), operetta (RV 511): Schatzwalzer: Seht, dies Gefunkel
  3. Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), operetta (RV 511): Wer uns getraut
  4. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell
  5. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503): Dieser Anstand so manierlich
  6. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Auftrittslied der Hanna. Hab' in Paris mich noch nicht so ganz akklimatisiert
  7. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Vilja-Lied
  8. Boccaccio, operetta: [Excerpt]

Music reviews of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Legendary Recordings

Music Review: A Grab Bag of Schwarzkopf Recordings from 1940s-50s
Rating: 4 Stars

I don't honestly know whether these recordings deserve to be called legendary. They mostly derive from commercial recordings issued in the 1940s and 1950s, almost all of them on the EMI label (except for a 1947 'Presentation of the Rose' scene on Columbia, with Irmgard Seefried, and a couple of numbers from Suppé operettas from 1939-40 on Telefunken). Since Amazon has not yet listed the contents of the two discs I shall do so in brief:

CD1:
1. Strauss: Presentation of the Rose, Der Rosenkavalier, 1947 (with Seefried), VPO, Karajan
2. Puccini: Turandot - 'Tu che di gel sei cinta', Böhm, 1949
3. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - Oh! Mio babbino caro, Karajan, 1949
4. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel - Duet 'Brüderchen', E. Grümmer, Karajan, 1953
5. Ibid. Sandman scene, with Anny Felbermayer and E. Grümmer, ibid.
6. Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, Susskind, 1947
7. - 12. Dvorák: from the Mährischen (Moravian) Duets, with Seefried

CD2:
1. Strauss: Zigeunerbaron: 'O habet acht!', with Nicolai Gedda, Ackerman, 1954
2. Ibid: Schatzwalzer: 'Seht, dies Gefunkel', Gedda, Burgsthaler-Schuster
3. Ibid: 'Wer uns getraut', Gedda, K. Stepanek, ibid
4. Strauss: Fledermaus, 'So muss allein ich bleiben', Gedda, R. Streich, Ackermann, 1955
5. Ibid. 'Trinke Liebchen, trinke schnell', Karl Dönch, Helmut Krebs, ibid
6. Ibid. 'Dieser Anstand so manierlich', Gedda, ibid
7. Ibid. Czardas: 'Klänge der Heimat', ibid
8. Lehár: Merry Widow, Entrance-song of Hanna, Ackermann, 1953
9. Ibid: 'Vilja-Lied', ibid
10. Lehár, The Land of Smiles, 'Gern, gern wär ich verliebt', Ackermann, 1953
11. Ibid: 'Wer hat die Liebe uns in Herz gesenkt', Gedda, ibid
12. Ibid: 'Alles vorbei ich möcht einmal wieder die Heimat seh'n', ibid
13. Suppé: Boccaccio, Excerpt (not otherwise identified), Lutze, 1939
14. Suppé: Wiener Blut, only identified as 'Grosser Querschnitt', Lutze, 1940

The quality of the recordings is acceptable, certainly for their time, and they have been nicely remastered. We get to hear the young Schwarzkopf before she was as well known as she became. The early 'Presentation of the Rose' is delicious, and Seefried is an equal in this scene. Lovely! Another highlight for me is the Vilja-Lied, sung with caressing tone. The Fledermaus excerpts fizz and sparkle. I also very much liked the Dvorák duets; unfortunately their fine piano accompanist is not identified.

It's hard to know whether to recommend this set. For those who are already fans of Schwarzkopf, you probably already have her singing most of these selections, perhaps even in these versions. For those who are coming to her art afresh, it might be a bit difficult justifying the cost of this set -- and I notice it is being offered at AmazonCA and AmazonUK for considerably less -- although for some it will certainly be worth it to hear the development of Schwarzkopf's art from her earliest years. You'll have to decide whether it is for you.

Scott Morrison

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