Lebendige Vergangenheit: Frida Leider II

On this CD:

1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Doch nun zu Tristan
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

2. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Nun zäume dein Ross, reisige Maid
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Frida Leider, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

3. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Rette mich, Kühne!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Frida Leider, Gota Ljungberg
Conducted by Leo Blech

4. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b War es so Schmählich, was ich verbrach
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Frida Leider, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

5. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Schweigt eures Jammers
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

6. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Starke scheite schichtet mir dort
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

7. Erlkönig ("Wer reitet so spät"), song for voice & piano, D. 328 (Op. 1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

8. Auf dem Wasser zu singen ("Mitten im Schimmer der spiegelnden Wellen"), song for voice & piano, D. 774 (Op. 72)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

9. Widmung ("Du meine Seele, du mein Herz"), song for voice & piano (Myrthen), Op. 25/1
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

10. Marienwürmchen ("Marienwürmchen, setze dich"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album für die Jugend), Op. 79/13
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

11. Meine Rose ("Dem holden Lenzegeschmeide"), song for voice & piano, Op. 90/2
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

12. Der Nussbaum ("Es grünet ein Nussbaum vor dem Haus"), song for voice & piano (Myrthen), Op. 25/3
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

13. Frühlingstraum ("Ich träumte von bunten Blumen"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/11 (Op. 89/11)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

14. Wie glänzt der helle Mond, song for voice & piano (Alte Weisen)
Composed by Hugo Wolf
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

15. Mignon ("Kennst du das Land"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder)
Composed by Hugo Wolf
Performed by Michael Raucheisen with Frida Leider
Conducted by Leo Blech

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Frida Leider was the greatest Wagner soprano of her day, roughly the 1920s and '30s. Her fame has been eclipsed by such successors as Flagstad and Nilsson, but recordings reveal her to have most of their strengths along with more vocal warmth. Listen to her Immolation Scene from Wagner's Gotterdammerung, and you hear a truly extraordinary performance--a huge, shining voice used with consummate intelligence and verbal pointing, pinpoint intonation, and wild abandon kept in firm control. Her Walkure duet with Friedrich Schorr, "Nun zaume dein Ross," is another highlight among many on this disc, all of whose Wagner items were recorded in her prime. The songs, too, from 1941-42, with Michael Raucheisen accompanying, are beautifully done. --Dan Davis

Tracks:

Tristan Und Isolde: Doch Nun Zu Tristan - Frida Leider/Elfriede Marherr-Wagner
Die Walkure: Nun Zaume Dein Ross, Reisige Maid - Frida Leider/Friedrich Schorr
Die Walkure: Rette Mich, Kuhne! - Frida Leider/Gota Ljungberg
Die Walkure: War Es So Schmahlich, Was Ich Verbrach - Frida Leider/Friedrich Schorr
Gotterdammerung: Schweigt Eures Jammers - Frida Leider/Elfriede Marherr-Wagner
Gotterdammerung: Starke Scheite Schichtet Mir Dort
Erlkonig
Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen
Widmung/Marienwurmchen
Meine Rose
Der Nussbaum
Fruhlingstraum
Wie Glanzt Der Helle Mond
Mignon

Amazon.com

Frida Leider was the greatest Wagner soprano of her day, roughly the 1920s and '30s. Her fame has been eclipsed by such successors as Flagstad and Nilsson, but recordings reveal her to have most of their strengths along with more vocal warmth. Listen to her Immolation Scene from Wagner's Gotterdammerung, and you hear a truly extraordinary performance--a huge, shining voice used with consummate intelligence and verbal pointing, pinpoint intonation, and wild abandon kept in firm control. Her Walkure duet with Friedrich Schorr, "Nun zaume dein Ross," is another highlight among many on this disc, all of whose Wagner items were recorded in her prime. The songs, too, from 1941-42, with Michael Raucheisen accompanying, are beautifully done. --Dan Davis

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