FLAC tracks | Classical | 40:08 | 164 MbIn 1947 a brilliant generation of Austro-German singers represented the Vienna State Opera for a short season at Covent Garden.

Among those known to London audiences from before the war were Maria Cebotari and Hans Hotter; new were Anton Dermota, Erich Kunz and an array of sopranos headed by Hilde Gueden, Sena Jurinac, Emmy Loose, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried and Ljuba Welitsch.

For one famous evening Richard Tauber joined the cast of Don Giovanni before entering the hospital in which he died four months later.

It was a season which, more than any other event at the time, reassured opera-goers that traditions survived and that singing of real distinction, even greatness, might yet be heard in the postwar world.

Tracklist:[03:07] 01. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Quilter: Old English Popular Songs: No. 2, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes[04:23] 02. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Martini: Plaisir d’amour[03:00] 03. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Mendelssohn: 6 Gesänge, Op. 34: No. 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, MWV K86[02:26] 04. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Dvořák: 7 Gipsy Melodies, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4, Songs My Mother Taught Me[02:16] 05. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Hahn: 20 Mélodies, Premier recueil: No. 1, Si mes vers avaient des ailes[03:49] 06. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Tchaikovsky: 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6, Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt[03:37] 07. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Jensen: 7 Gesänge aus dem spanischen Liederbuche, Op. 21: No. 4, Murmelndes Lüftchen[02:43] 08. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Grieg: Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5: No. 3, Ich liebe dich[00:49] 09. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Grieg: 7 Childrens Songs, Op. 61: No. 3, Farmyard Song[01:54] 10. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Sibelius: 6 Lieder, Op. 36: No. 1, Schwarze Rosen[04:23] 11. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Strauss: 5 Lieder, Op. 41: No. 1, Wiegenlied[02:25] 12. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch: No. 2, In dem Schatten meiner Locken[01:57] 13. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Wolf: Mörike-Lieder: No. 16, Elfenlied[01:25] 14. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Traditional: O du liebs Ängeli[01:47] 15. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore – Traditional: Gsätzli