Igor Stravinsky: Perséphone
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live recording with Fritz Wunderlich from 1960
4022143956194
95619
BCB
2011.03.11
"The release offers a rare opportunity to hear the fondly remembered tenor in unfamiliar repertoire, this performance of Perséphone the only occasion he sang the piece, taking the role of Eumolpius – which, fittingly enough, translates as “he who sings beautifully”." (The Classical Review)
Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky – a rare combination! Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one, but the work itself also is – and has always been – a rarely performed part of Stravinsky’s œuvre. The part of Eumolpius – Greek for “he who sings beautifully” –...