Performer: Hermann Prey, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor: Argeo Quadri, Heinz Wallberg, Kurt Eichhorn, Roberto Abbado
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900307
Release: 2012
Size: 294 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Die Zauberflöte (the Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II
01. Arie: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen wunscht Papageno sich!
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act IV
02. Recitative and Aria. Tutto e disposto … Aprite un po’ quegli occhi (the Marriage of Figaro)
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I
03. Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (the Barber of Seville), Act I
04. Cavatina. Largo al factotum della citta
Lortzing: Der Wildschütz, Der Wildschutz, Act III
05. Recitative and Aria. Wie freundlich strahlt die helle Morgensonne
Verdi: La traviata, Act II
06. Di Provenza il mar
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera, Act III
07. Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima
Gounod: Faust, CG 4, Faust, Act I
08. Cavatina. Avant de quitter ces lieux
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act I
09. Prologue: Si puo? Si puo?
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. I
10. Grosser Herr, o starker Konig
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98
11. No. 1, Auf dem Hugel sitz’ ich, spahend
12. No. 2, Wo die Berge so blau
13. No. 3, Leichte Segler in den Hohen
14. No. 4, Diese Wolken in den Hohen
15. No. 5, Es kehret der Maien
16. No. 6, Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder
Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun
17. They Say It’s Wonderful
Arias from the legendary Sunday concerts from 1966, 1972, 1988 and 1992.
His Papageno was historic and turned Hermann Prey into the most popular opera singer in Germany. This CD contains a collection of hitherto unpublished recordings made during the legendary Sunday Concerts with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester from 1966 to 1992. In a representative series of roles ranging from Bach to musicals, the great baritone shows us all his facets: from the sensitivity of the comic actor to the intense, inmost sincerity of the Lieder performer. At a time when the opera was still an integral part of Germany’s media landscape, Hermann Prey made it impressively clear that a broad repertoire and depth of interpretation are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Prey ends this CD with a performance of “They say falling in love is wonderful”, inviting us to fall in love with his art yet again.