Wunderlich, Fritz: Hits from the 50s
1955-1966
2017
Agustin Lara
Cesare Andrea Bixio
Curt Hasenpflug
Edmund Kasper
Emil Kaiser
Erich Börschel
Franz Grothe
Friedrich Meyer
Georg Hiller
Günter Georgy-Engelhard
Hanno Hanson
Hans Anders
Hans Berner
Hans Busch
Hans May
Hans Moltkau
Hermann Krome
Fritz Wunderlich
Kleines Unterhaltungsorchester des Südwestfunks
Willi Stech
Rundfunkorchester des Südwestfunks
Emmerich Smola
Südfunk-Unterhaltungsorchester
Willi Mattes
CD 1 Hans Anders: Wenn der Mund schweigt
CD 1 Curt Hasenpflug: Von Liebe und von Glück
CD 1 Hermann Krome: Sonne über Capri
CD 1 Will Meisel: Schön ist jeder Tag, Marie-Louise
CD 1 Franz Grothe: Mon bijou
CD 1 Günter Georgy-Engelhard: Gondel, gleite du hinaus
CD 1 Hans Berner: Carissima mia
CD 1 Trad.: Tiritomba
CD 1 Franz Grothe: Serenade der Nacht (Sérénade d’amour)
CD 1 Edmund Kasper: Bella Maria
CD 1 Friedrich Meyer: O cara Marie
CD 1 Hans May: Der Duft, der eine schöne Frau begleitet
CD 1 Hans Anders: Nacht überm See
CD 1 Tibor Inczedy: Glückswalzer
CD 1 Emil Kaiser: Veilchen, Liebe, Frühling und du
CD 1 Toni Leutwiler: Florentiner Mai
CD 1 Cesare Andrea Bixio: Sprich zu mir von Liebe, Mariu
CD 1 Willy Mattes: Melodia con passione
CD 2 Agustin Lara: Granada
CD 2 Hans Anders: Wolken geh'n am Himmel
CD 2 Leo Kowalski: Singende Gitarre
CD 2 Hans Moltkau: Niemals lass ich dich allein
CD 2 Toni Leutwiler: Es gibt eine Zeit (Frühlingslied)
CD 2 Walter Mehring: Ich lebe für dich
CD 2 Tibor Inczedy: Das Lied der Liebe sing ich dir allein
CD 2 Rudolf Kattnigg: Man sagt sich du
CD 2 Hans Busch: Viele schöne Tage
CD 2 Hanno Hanson: Mutterlied
CD 2 Erich Börschel: Lass mich niemals mehr allein
CD 2 Franz Grothe: Kleine Melodie
CD 2 Walter Jäger: Mädele
CD 2 Toni Leutwiler: Narzissen aus Montreux
CD 2 Hermann Krome: Über's Meer grüß ich dich, Heimatland
CD 2 Lawrence Coleman: Walzer der Liebe
CD 2 Maurus Katt: Wenn mein Herz Heimweh hat
CD 2 Hans Moltkau: Geh nicht fort!
CD 2 Willy Mattes: Deine Liebe ist mein ganzes Leben
CD 2 Georg Hiller: Du sollst nicht traurig sein
CD 2 Manuel Maria Ponce: Estrellita (Sérénade mexicaine)
A unique collection of popular German songs, performed by Fritz Wunderlich in the 1950s and 1960s. The accompanying booklet provides interesting details and rare photos provided by Fritz Wunderlich’s daughter, Barbara Wunderlich. Includes the sound engineers' account of the complete remastering process of the original Wunderlich tapes. The outstanding remastering of those tapes makes Fritz Wunderlich’s voice sound fresh and radiant. This is the latest instalment in the 10-volume SWR Wunderlich series, covering all aspects of his repertoire, from popular songs to operettas, older music to 20thcentury works.
It's well known that Fritz Wunderlich was an exceptional singer, yet it never fails to surprise when hearing him singing works from different genres, and discovering how he developed from his early performances in 1953 to the opera arias he preferred later in his career. This first double-CD in our ten-volume series contains popular German songs that Fritz Wunderlich performed and broadcast prolifically at the beginning of his career, returning to them in the 1960s. Among them are international hits such as Granada and Tiritomba.
In the accompanying booklet, Barbara Wunderlich, daughter of the famous singer, gives an account of her father's early studies and the launch of his career Both this release and all future volumes of the SWR Fritz Wunderlich series contain recordings that Fritz Wunderlich made for the company from which SWR grew. They are available in this compilation only on this double-CD, and several songs are available only on these SWR recordings, namely Tiritomba, Granada, Estrellita, Melodia con passione and Deine Liebe ist mein ganzes Leben.
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