On Friday, May 21, 2010 at 4:06:23 PM UTC-7, Philip Peters wrote:
> mandryka schreef:
> >
> > There are some Schumann recordings that I am quite curious about and
> > I'm wondering if anyone knows them - before I plunge in. They are:
> >
> > Souzay's late (1950s) Dichterliebe with Cortot. Is it available
> > anywhere? What is it like?
> I'm not sure whether it's available right now but you can spare yourself
> a big disappointment by not buying it. Most peculiar for Souzay at this
> early stage of his career, he had a terrible off day and it's painful to
> hear him sing here. I wonder why this recording was ever issued. It's
> the more a pity because it would have made marvelous to compare it to
> Panz�ra/Cortot had Souzay been his normal self.
> > Fassbaender's Schumann and Mendelssohm disc. on EMI.
> Never heard this.... (note to self etc.)
> >
> Goerne's Schumann discs with Schneider
> > Margaret Price's Schumann discs on Hyperion with Graham Johnson
> > Gerhaher's recordings with Hueber.
> These are all highly recommended IMO.
> >
> > And the Pre-war German singers. People like Karl Erb and Leo Slezak.
> > Have their Schumann recordings ever been collected together?
> Not that I know of. I'm not sure if either of them recorded much
> Schumann (I do remember Erb singing Mondnacht - from op.39) but most
> probably others here are more knowledgeable about this.
> Both do fantatstic in Schubert, I feel but that's beside the point.
> Philip

A pre-war German singer that may be of interest is Elfriede Trotschel. Here is her Mondnacht:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6BUJjSQqNI