David Mellor presents recordings of the bass Hans Hotter singing
Richard Strauss. Hotter, now 90, is remembered as the greatest singer of Wagner's Wotan in our time. But his career has also been closely connected with the operas of his friend and mentor Richard Strauss , from the premiere of Capriccio in 1942 to
Hotter's return to his first love - lieder.
Salome (Scene 3) Inge Borkh
(soprano), Bavarian State Orchestra, conductor Joseph Keilberth Arabella (Act 2, excerpt) Maria Reining (soprano),
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Karl Bbhm
Lieder: Ach, Weh Mir Ungluckhaften Mann , Op 21 No 4; Ich Trage Meine Minne, Op 32 No 1
Gerald Moore (piano)
Die Schweigsame Frau (Act 3, Finale) Hilde Gueden (soprano),
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Karl Bohm
Hola, Ihr Streiter in Apoll! (Capriccio) Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Producer Nick Morgan