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“His singing of Mozart was exemplary …..style and elegance, perfect breath control, and superb diction. And a belief in what he was singing! All this in evidence in Ottavio’s sublime aria Dalla sua pace. What other singer has made Dies Bildnis into such a heartfelt love song? Few tenors have captured so well Belmonte’s anticipation of seeing his beloved Konstanze once again in O wie ängstlich. The three Handel arias which open this collection also serve to illustrate his awesome breath control and phrasing….It remains a source of much regret that Wunderlich’s career lasted a mere 11 years. Since his tragic death in 1966 opera lovers have ever speculated about what he might have achieved” (James Murray)
- 1. Ombra mai fu (Xerxes:Handel) 2:56
Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Alfons Rischner Rec.1958 - 2. Comfort Ye My People..Every Valley (Messiah:Handel) 8:00
Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Heinz Mende Rec.1959 - 3. Thou Shalt Break Them (Messiah:Handel) 2:28
Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Heinz Mende Rec.1959 - 4. Gefesselt steht der breite See (Die Jahreszeiten:Haydn) 6:25
Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Hans Müller-Kray Rec.1959 - 5. Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni:Mozart) 3:57
Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Hans Zanotelli Rec.1960 - 6. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte:Mozart) 4:05
- 7. Konstanze…O wie ängstlich* (Die Entführung aus dem Serail:Mozart) 5:12
- 8. Ach so fromm* (Martha:Flotow) 2:47
- 9. Mit gewitter und sturm (Der Fliegende Holländer:Wagner) 4:23
Staatskapelle Berlin / Franz Konwitschny Rec.1960 - 10. Ach, wie so herrlich zu schau’n (Ein Nacht in Venedig:J.Strauss II) 3:43
Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Fried Walter Rec.1960 - 11. Sei nicht bös (Der Obersteiger:Zeller) 3:15
Stuttgart Philharmonic / Fritz Mareczek Rec.1957 - 12. Adieu, Mignon !* (Mignon:Thomas) 4:35
- 13. Ingemisco (Requiem:Verdi) 3:43
Radio Sinfonieorchester, Stuttgart / Hans Müller-Kray Rec.1960 - 14. Che gelida manina* (La Bohème:Puccini) 4:41
- 15. Vieni la sera (Madama Butterfly:Puccini) with Pilar Lorengar, 13:14
Sieglinde Wagner / Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Klobucar Rec.1961 - 16. Addio fiorito assil (Madama Butterfly:Puccini) with Hermann Prey 2:08
