Fritz Wunderlich - Music Before Bach (2018)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Lust hab ich g'habt zur Musica (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
02. Entlaubet ist der Walde (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
03. Ich armes Käuzlein kleine (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
04. Unsäglich Schmerz (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
05. Ein alt bös Weib (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
06. Wie wohl ich trag (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
07. Ein Blümlein fein hab ich erwählt
08. Was ich durch Glück hab Gunst erlangt (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
09. Ach weiblich Art (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
10. Ich schell mein Horn im Jammerton
11. Es lebt mein Hertz in Freud und Scherz
12. Mein höchste Frucht (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)
13. Apollo aller Kunst ein Hort
14. 3 Motets concertati: No. 2, Plorabo die ac nocte
15. Symphoniae sacrae II, Op. 10: No. 16, Es steh' Gott auf, dass seine Feind' zerstreuet werden, SWV 356
16. Symphoniae sacrae II, Op. 10: No. 13, Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele, SWV 353

CD2
01. Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae: Vau. Et egressus est a filia Sion omnis
02. Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae: Aleph. Ego vir videns paupertatem meam
03. Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae: Incipit oratio Jeremiae Prophetae
04. Wie bald hast du gelitten, GWV 1109 No. 14
05. O wie selig sind, die zu dem Abendmahl des Lammes berufen sind, BuxWV 90
06. Surrexit Christus hodie, BuxWV 99
07. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BuxWV 101
08. Wo willst du hin, weil's Abend ist

This release is a new installment of the SWR’s comprehensive series with recordings of the one-time tenor Fritz Wunderlich. This album contains a unique collection of Early Music repertoire written before the era of J. S. Bach. The recordings date back to the 1940s and the 1950s, and have been digitally remastered to ensure an exquisite audio experience. Although he never realized his due as a truly international star in his lifetime, Fritz Wunderlich has since become a favorite of opera lovers the world over. One has only to listen to his stunning voice to become a devotee for life. His vocal quality and strength combined with effortless expression and touching lyrical beauty make him one of the truly great tenors of the 20th century and probably of all time.

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