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Release Date: 09/14/
Label: EMI Classics Catalog #: Spars Code: ADD
Composer: Heinrich Finck, Heinrich Isaac, Adam Krieger, Johann Sebastian Bach,
Performer: Otto Steinkopf, Fritz Wunderlich, Herbert Naumann, Gerhard Kastner,
Conductor: Karl Forster, Hans Müller-Kray, Berislav Klobucar, Robert Heger,
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin St. Hedwig Cathedral Choir, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra,
Number of Discs: 6
Works on This Recording
1. O schönes Weib bygd Heinrich Finck
Performer: Otto Steinkopf (Bass Dulcian), Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor), Herbert Naumann (Alto Viol),
Gerhard Kastner (Tenor Recorder)
2. Mein Freud allein by Heinrich Isaac
Performer: Gerhard Kastner (Tenor Recorder), Otto Steinkopf (Bass Dulcian), Fritz Wunderl
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Fritz Wunderlich
Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich (26 September – 17 September ) was a German lyric tenor, famed for his singing of the Mozart repertory and various lieder. He died in an accident when he was only
Wunderlich was born in Kusel in the Palatinate, Germany. His mother was a violinist and his father was a choirmaster. For a short time, the family kept the inn "Emrichs Bräustübl" (Emrich's Brewing Cottage). Fritz's father lost his job due to pressure imposed upon him by local Nazis, in addition to suffering from a severe battlefield injury. He committed suicide when Fritz was five years old.
Fritz mastered several instruments while still a schoolboy and when he entered the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in , his principal study was the horn. Then the singing teacher Margarethe von Winterfeldt discovered and trained his voice.
Wunderlich was soon noted as a brilliant young tenor, especially in Mozartian roles, but he later expanded his reach to the full