Hugo Wolf Recital
Salzburg Festival, 12 August 1953
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilhelm Furtwängler (piano)
This 1953 Salzburg Festival live recording will delight some and puzzle others. The sound is good, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is word-sensitive but slightly brittle, and Wilhelm Furtwängler rather...
Hugo Wolf Recital
Salzburg Festival, 12 August 1953
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilhelm Furtwängler (piano)
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This 1953 Salzburg Festival live recording will delight some and puzzle others. The sound is good, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is word-sensitive but slightly brittle, and Wilhelm Furtwängler rather...
About
It is perhaps the songs of Hugo Wolf that most closely define Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s subtle art as a recitalist. At the Salzburg Festival in 1953 she marked the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death in a memorable collaboration with Wilhelm Furtwängler, who – having conducted her frequently in opera and oratorio – here became her accompanist. As the producer Walter Legge wrote: “We must be grateful that this extraordinary occasion was recorded not only for us but also for posterity.”
Contents and tracklist
Wolf, H:
Italienisches Liederbuch, Book 2: No. 3, "Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen" (Live)
Work length1:13
Awards and reviews
May 2019
This 1953 Salzburg Festival live recording will delight some and puzzle others. The sound is good, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is word-sensitive but slightly brittle, and Wilhelm Furtwängler rather stolid. The audience loved them.
