PETER ANDERS

 

Recital

 

LEHAR Friederike

KALMAN Gräfin Mariza

SMETANA Die verkaufte Braut

J.STRAUSS Der Zigeunerbaron, Eine Nacht in Venedig

GIORDANO Andrea Chénier

R. STRAUSS Lieder

VERDI Otello, La Traviata (3rd act complete)

 

Anny Schlemm, Brigitte Mira, Madlon Harder, Fritz Hoppe

Martha Musial, Edzard Bruns, Elfride Trötschel, Annelis Herrfurth

Josef Metternich, Josef Greindl, Cornelis v. Dijk, Edwin Heyer

Leopold Clam, Günther Weißenborn

 

Schöneberger Sängerknaben

RIAS Entertainment Orchestra

RIAS Chamber Choir

RIAS Symphony Orchestra

 

Conductors

Kurt Gaebel, Hans Carste, Fried Walter, Ferenc Fricsay

 

Recording dates 1949-1951

 

Peter Anders' career was brought to a sudden end following a car accident in 1954. But thanks to his many recordings, the tenor, who died at the age of 46, remains present even today. This double-CD, featuring several rare Berlin radio recordings made between 1949 and 1951, including Ferenc Fricsay conducting the RIAS Symphony Orchestra, is an exemplary document, demonstrating his unique talent as a lyric and dramatic tenor, as a light-hearted and yet subtle operetta hero and as a sensitive Lied interpreter. Anders' first-class partners in these recordings are Anny Schlemm (in an extensive compilation of excerpts from Countess Mariza), Elfriede Trötschel (as Violetta in the complete third act of La Traviata), Martha Musial (in excerpts from Andrea Chenier) as well as the fine German Verdi baritone, Josef Metternich.

 

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