Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Henri Duparc, Maurice Ravel, Franz Peter Schubert, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf
Performer: Barry McDaniel, Hertha Klust, Aribert Reimann, Eberhard Finke, Karlheinz Zoeller
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE23426
Release: 2012
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Schubert: Der Winterabend (Es ist so still), D938
02. Schubert: Herbst, D945
03. Schubert: Dass sie hier gewesen! D775 (Rückert)
04. Schubert: Der Einsame, D800
05. Schubert: Fahrt zum Hades, D526 (Mayrhofer)
06. Schubert: Der Jungling und der Tod, D545 (Spaun)
07. Schubert: Sprache der Liebe D410 (A W von Schlegel)
08. Schubert: Fischerweise, D881 (Schlechta)
09. Schubert: Über Wildemann D884 (Ernst Schulze)
10. Schubert: Auflösung, D807
Schumann: Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90
11. No. 1. Lied eines Schmiedes
12. No. 2. Meine Rose
13. No. 3. Kommen und Scheiden
14. No. 4. Die Sennin
15. No. 5. Einsamkeit
16. No. 6. Der schwere Abend
17. No. 7. Requiem
Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge IV, Op. 96
18. No. 1. Nachtlied
Schumann: Lieder, Op. 40
19. No. 4. Der Spielmann
Schumann: Liederalbum für die Jugend, Op. 79
20. No. 7. Zigeunerliedchen I-II
Schumann: Lieder, Op. 40
21. No. 5. Verratene Liebe
Schumann: Des Sängers Fluch (The Minstrel’s Curse), Op. 139
22. No. 4. Provenzalisches Lied
Schumann: Minnespiel, Op. 101
23. No. 4. Mein schoner Stern!
Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25
24. No. 15. Aus den hebraischen Gesangen
Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge IV, Op. 96
25. No. 3. Ihre Stimme
CD 02
Wolf: Gedichte von Eduard Mörike
01. No. 11. An eine Aolsharfe
02. No. 37. Heimweh
03. No. 36. Lebe wohl
04. No. 9. Nimmersatte Liebe
05. No. 5. Der Tambour
06. No. 53. Abschied
07. Duparc: Chanson triste
08. Duparc: Lamento
09. Duparc: Le Manoir de Rosemonde
10. Duparc: Extase
11. Duparc: Soupir
12. Duparc: Phidylé
Ravel: Trois chansons madécasses
13. No. 1. Nahandove
14. No. 2. Aoua!
15. No. 3. Il est doux
Debussy: Le promenoir des deux amants
16. No. 1. Aupres de cette grotte sombre
17. No. 2. Crois mon conseil, chere Climene
18. No. 3. Je tremble en voyant ton visage
The American baritone Barry McDaniel was one of the outstanding singers of the post-war era. As a successful opera singer and Lieder interpreter, he enjoyed a long and eventful career, both in Germany and abroad. Despite numerous performances and many recordings for radio and television, he nonetheless remained largely unnoticed by the media, partly because his name almost vanished in the shadow of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who was five years his senior. Unjustly so, since the two singers were equals as artists, albeit with different characters. Today, Barry McDaniel is hardly mentioned in specialist literature and one searches in vain for CDs since, until now, recordings from radio archives have not been phonographically processed. However, Audite now presents a première double CD of Lieder sung by Barry McDaniel. These studio recordings from the archives of Radio Berlin-Brandenburg (formally Sender Freies Berlin) were made between 1963 and 1974 with Hertha Klust and Aribert Reimann as accompanists.
This selection of songs by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Duparc, Ravel and Debussy reveals diverse facets of McDaniel’s artistic personality. His interpretations are characterised by an interleaving of knowledge and naivety, feeling and craftsmanship, expression and impeccable singing. Apart from his immaculate technique, his accent-free German is particularly remarkable.
Barry McDaniel moved from the USA to Germany in 1953 in order to further his studies. He then gave his first song recitals, together with Hermann Reutter, and later began a career as an opera singer. In 1961 he was engaged at the newly re-opened Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he remained for thirty-seven years. At the same time, he gave guest performances at the Vienna Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Frankfurt Opera and the Munich Opera Festival, as well as broadcasting for radio and television. In addition, Barry McDaniel gave numerous song recitals, for example in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Hanover, Brunswick and Berlin, including, in the latter city, the first ever song recital at the newly built Philharmonie in 1963. Today, the 81-year-old baritone declares: “Whatever I sing, I have to believe in it.” That is exactly how these recordings sound.