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Helmut Graml, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Johann Sebastian Bach
Icon: Hans Hotter, the Great Bass-Baritone [Box Set]
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Aria Ich habe genug- Kantate 'Ich habe genug', BWV82 (2004 Digital Remaster)
2. Recit Ich habe genug- Kantate 'Ich habe genug', BWV82 (2004 Digital Remaster)
3. Aria Schlummert ein- Kantate 'Ich habe genug', BWV82 (2004 Digital Remaster)
4. Recit Mein Gott! wann kommt das Schöne Nun!- Kantate 'Ich habe genug', BWV82 (2004 Digital Remaster)
5. Aria Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod- Kantate 'Ich habe genug', BWV82 (2004 Digital Remaster)
6. III. Herr, lehre doch mich (Andante moderato)- Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) Op. 45 (2004 Digital Remaster)
7. I. Denn es gehet dem Menschen - Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (2004 Digital Remaster)
8. II. Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle - Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (2004 Digital Remaster)
9. III. O Tod, o Tod, wie bitter bist du - Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (2004 Digital Remaster)
10. IV. Wenn ich mit Menschen -und mit Engelszungen redete - Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (2004 Digital Remaster)
11. No. 2, Feldeinsamkeit (wds. Allmers)- 6 Lieder Op.86 (2004 Digital Remaster)
12. Mit vierzig Jahren
13. Wir Melodien zieht es mir, Op.105 No.1 (Groth) (2004 Digital Remaster)
14. No.3 Sonntag (wds. Uhland)- 5 Lieder Op. 47 (2004 Digital Remaster)
15. Minnelied (wds. Hölty)- 5 Lieder Op. 71 (2004 Digital Remaster)
16. Wir wandelten (wds. Daumer)- 4 Lieder Op. 96 (2004 Digital Remaster)
17. Wie bist du, meine Königin, Op.32 No.9 (2004 Digital Remaster)
Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
1. Gute Nacht- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
2. Die Wetterfahne- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
3. Gefrorne Tränen- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
4. Erstarrung- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
5. Der Lindenbaum- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
6. Wasserflut- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
7. Auf dem Flusse- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
8. Rückblick- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
9. Irrlicht- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
10. Rast- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
11. Frühlingstraum- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
12. Einsamkeit- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
13. Die Post- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
14. Der greise Kopf- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
15. Die Krähe- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
16. Letzte Hoffnung- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
17. Im Dorfe- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
18. Der stürmische Morgen- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
19. Täuschung- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
20. Der Wegweiser- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
21. Die Wirthaus- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
22. Mut- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
23. Die Nebensonnen- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
24. Der Leiermann- Winterreise D911 (1999 Digital Remaster)
Track Listings (24) - Disc #3
1. Liebesbotschaft- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
2. Kriegers Ahnung- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
3. Frühlingssehnsucht- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
4. Ständchen- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
5. Aufenthalt- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
6. In der Ferne- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
7. Abschied- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
8. Der Atlas- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
9. Ihr Bild- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
10. Das Fischermädchen- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
11. Die Stadt- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
12. Am Meer- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
13. Der Doppelgänger- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
14. Die Taubenpost- Schwanengesang D957 (1994 Digital Remaster)
15. An die Musik D547 (1994 Digital Remaster)
16. Meeres Stille (second version) D216 (1994 Digital Remaster)
17. Im Frühling D882 (1994 Digital Remaster)
18. Am Bach im Frühling D361 (1994 Digital Remaster)
19. Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583 (1994 Digital Remaster)
20. Geheimes (Op. 14 No.2) D719 (2009 Digital Remaster)
21. Sei mir gegrüsst (Op.20, No.1) D741 (2009 Digital Remaster)
22. Im Abendrot D799
23. Wandrers Nachtlied I D224 (1994 Digital Remaster)
24. Wandrers Nachtlied II D768 (1994 Digital Remaster)
Track Listings (27) - Disc #4
1. Die schöne Müllerin Wohin?
2. Ich Liebe Dich
3. Wer machte dich so krank?, Op.35 No.11
4. Alte Laute, Op.35 No.12
5. Erstes Grün, Op.35 No.4
6. Die beiden Grenadiere, Op.49 No.1
7. Liederkreis Op.39 No.5 Mondnacht
8. Edward, Op.1 No.1
9. Der Erlkönig, Op.1 No.3
10. Odin's Meeresritt, Op.118
11. Die wandelnde Glocke, Op.20 No.3
12. Hinkende Jamben, Op.62 No.5
13. Komm bald, Op.97 No.5
14. Heimkehr, Op.7 No.6
15. Wenn du nur Zuweilen lächelst, Op.57 No.2
16. Sapphische Ode, Op.94 No.4 ( Schmidt) (2004 Digital Remaster)
17. Botschaft (wds. Daumer after Hafis)- 5 Lieder Op. 47 (2004 Digital Remaster)
18. Ständchen (wds. Kugler)- 5 Lieder Op. 106 (2004 Digital Remaster)
19. Heimweh II (O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück) (wds. Groth)- 9 Lieder Op. 63 (2004 Digital Remaster)
20. Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op.105 No.4 (Liliencron) (2004 Digital Remaster)
21. Verrat, op.105, No.5 (Lemcke) (2004 Digital Remaster)
22. In Waldenseinsamkeit (wds. Lemcke)- 6 Lieder Op. 85 (1989 Digital Remaster)
23. Sommerabend (wds. Heine)- 6 Lieder Op. 85 (1989 Digital Remaster)
24. Mondenschein (wds. Heine)- 6 Lieder Op. 85 (1989 Digital Remaster)
25. Ach, weh mir unglückhaftem Mann, Op.21 No.4
26. Ich trage meine Minner, Op.32 No.1
27. Der Gärtner, Op.9 No.1
Track Listings (21) - Disc #5
1. Mörike-Lieder, No.5 Der Tambour
2. Goethe-Leider, No.34 Ob de Koran von Ewigkeit sei?
3. Goethe-Lieder, No.36 So lang man nüchtern ist
4. Italienisches-Liederbuch, No. 27 Schon Streckt' ich aus im Bett
5. Italienisches-liederbuch, No.22 Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen
6. Goethe-Lieder, No.29 Anakreons Grab
7. Drei Gedichte con Michaelangelo, No. 1 Wohl denk' ich oft
8. Drei Gedichte von Michaelangelo, No.2 Alles endet, was entstehet
9. Drei Gedichte von Michaelangelo, No. 3 Fühlt meine Seele
10. Goethe-Lieder, No.14 Cophtisches Lied I
11. Goethe-Lieder, No.15 Cophtisches Lied II
12. Goethe-Lieder, No.51 Grenzen der Menscheit
13. Goethe-Lieder, No. 49 Prometheus
14. Goethe-Lieder, No. 2 An die Türen
15. Goethe-Lieder, No.1 Wer sich der Einsamkeit
16. Goether-Lieder, No.3 Wer nie sein Brot
17. Italienisches-Liederbuch, No. 14 Geselle, woll'n wir uns in Kutten hüllen
18. Mörike-Lieder, No.12 Verborgenheit
19. Eichendorff-Lieder, No. 2 Der Musikant
20. Mörike-Lieder, No.510 Fußreise
21. Mörike-Lieder, No.9 Nimmersatte Liebe
Track Listings (7) - Disc #6
1. Der Wein ist gut (Petrus/Chor/Burschen)- Der Mond (1998 Digital Remaster)
2. Holà! Ihr Streiter in Apoll!- Capriccio Op. 85 (2000 Digital Remaster)
3. Die Meisterrsinger, Act II Und doch, s'will halt nich gehn
4. Die Meistersinger, Act III Doch eines Abends spat
5. Act II - Wie aus der Ferne- Der fliegende Holländer
6. War es so schmählich- Die Walküre - Act III, Scene 3
7. Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (Wotan's Farewell)- Die Walküre - Act III, Scene 3

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CD Details

All Artists: Helmut Graml, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Edvard Grieg, Robert Schumann, Carl Loewe, Richard [1] Strauss, Hans Pfitzner, Hugo [Composer] Wolf, Carl Orff, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Anthony Bernard, Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Meinhard von Zallinger, Leopold Ludwig, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: Icon: Hans Hotter, the Great Bass-Baritone [Box Set]
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 4/21/2009
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Early Music
Number of Discs: 6
SwapaCD Credits: 6
UPCs: 400000015040, 5099926490120

Synopsis

Album Description

World-renowned singer Hans Hotter made a career for himself singing the great Wagnerian bass-baritone roles. His magnetic stage presence and booming tone made him ideal for these challenging parts. This 6-CD set includes several highlights from Wagner operas, but focus mainly on German Lieder, showing how Hotter was able to scale his voice down and focus his performances on the words and messages of the songs.

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CD Reviews

Absolutely essential performances

L. Johan Modée | Earth | 08/12/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hans Hotter (1909-2003) is perhaps best known for his Wagner performances in Bayreuth, where he incarnated one of the most memorable Wotans in history with his very special bass-baritone voice. We have many of these performances on disc. One of the most interesting is Keilberth's 1955 Ring (Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Box Set]).

This Wagner aspect of Hotter is also evident in this excellent collection of 6 CDs: the final scene of Die Walküre, together with Birgit Nilsson. Leopold Ludwig conducts. This must be one of the best final Walküre scenes ever recorded. Both Hotter and Nilsson are better than ever here, in this 1957 recording.

But the main focus in this collection is Hotter's lieder performances of Schubert (the cycles Winterreise and Schwanengesang, and other Schubert songs). Hotter's 1954 Winterreise is his very best, and it is one of the best recordings of this work as well. The same holds for his 1954 Schwanengesang. Two wonderful cycles with Gerald Moore at the piano. A set of 1949 Schubert performances, including An die Musik, shows Hotter in an earlier, brighter voice. Essential recordings, many of them of course available in other editions but it is good to have them collected here.

The Brahms and Schumann lieder collected here are equally rewarding, in particular Brahm's agnostic "Vier ernste Gesänge", Op. 121. This is also the case of Hotter's Hugo Wolf lieder, the latter generally considered as immortal classics. As far as I know, the Wolf lieder recital are otherwise only available in a very expensive Testament edition (Hans Hotter Wolf Lieder Recital), so it's a real bargain to have them in this cheap box.

Finally, the first CD incarnates yet another Hotter classic: Bach's cantata BWV82, "Ich habe genug". An ideal work for Hotter - considering his tragic Schubert and Wagner repertoire. A very anti-modern (non-autheticist) performance from 1950, but superb nonetheless.

In addition, this box also collects excerpts from Orff and Strauss operas, some other Wagner stuff, an excerpt from a 1947 performance of Deutches Requiem with Karajan ("Herr, lehre doch mich"), and various lieders by Loewe, Strauss, Pfitzner, and Grieg.

In sum, this is a superb bargain, featuring one of the greatest bass-baritone voices in human history in his very best performances - most of them in mono sound but in fine remasterings. A good booklet text too, but - unfortunately, no libretti and lieder texts are included (but this is perhaps a minor quibble). Warmly recommended."