Barry McDaniel sings Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Duparc, Ravel & Debussy

Featuring

Barry McDaniel
Hertha Klust
Aribert Reimann
Karlheinz Zöller
Eberhard Finke
Franz Schubert

Robert Schumann
Hugo Wolf
Henri Duparc
Maurice Ravel
Claude Debussy

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Performer Biography

Barry McDaniel, an American baritone, received one of the first Fulbright scholarships for Germany in 1953 to continue his vocal training.

Recording & Production

The historical recordings on this album are based on original analogue tapes, which achieve high quality due to their tape speed of up to 76 cm/sec.

Interpretation

Barry McDaniel believed that for Schubert's Lieder, the interpreter should not add or do anything beyond what the music distills, as Schubert's music is direct.

Performer Biography

Barry McDaniel was a resident singer at the Deutsche Oper Berlin for thirty-seven years, appearing in over 1800 performances between 1962 and 1999.

Recording & Production

This album features historical recordings from the broadcasting archives of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), formerly Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), made between 1963 and 1974.

Performer Biography

Barry McDaniel, the baritone on this album, overcame a stutter through singing, particularly in German, which he found liberating as a foreigner.

Performer Biography

Barry McDaniel sang German almost without an accent from the beginning, attributing this to his language training at Juilliard School, where languages were taught by singing German and French songs.