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Aksel Schiøtz Collection, vol. 2

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Aksel Schiøtz
Aksel Schiøtz was born in Roskilde, Denmark, 1906. M.A. in modem languages after studies at the University of Copenhagen 1924-30. Married to Gerd Haugsted 1931.
Aksel Schiøtz had a fine tenor voice which he loved to display, at parties or in church.
Mogens Wøldike, the choral conductor, made him a tenor member of the Copenhagen Boys’ and Male Choir, and he was entrusted with oratorio solos. Schiøtz’s first song recital was in 1936.
In 1938 Aksel Schiøtz was discovered by His Master’s Voice, London. The much admired recorded legacy is revived in this CD series.
On April 9th, 1940, Denmark was seized by Hitler. An intemational career in Lied and oratorio must be postponed. However, the records had made a reputation for Schiøtz in Denmark. He became the best loved classical singer ever, equally popular with high and low. He appeared in opera and operetta, and had recitals all over the country at full houses. With his artistry he made a fine contribution to that democratic and moral stand called for by the times.
After the war the old ties with British musical life were succesfully taken up. With Gerald Moore Schiøtz recorded “Die schöne Müllerin” and “Dichterliebe”, and he appeared in the first
performances of Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia” at Glyndebourne.
Aksel Schiøtz survived a tumor acusticus operation in 1946, but half his face was left lame. Could he ever sing again? Common sense said no. But, contrary to all reason, Aksel Schiøtz succeeded by sheer will-power to fight his way to a come-back recital in 1948, a moving event.
The sheen of the voice had gone. As a singer, now a baritone, he was perhaps now best appreciated by musicians and connaisseurs – Casals, Pears, Sascha Schneider among them – who rated artistic truth before original beauty.
In 1955 Aksel Schiøtz enters a new career, that of professor in art song, at universities in Minnesota, in Toronto ( 1958-60), and in Colorado ( 1960-68). Master classes are held all over North
America, contributing to his reputation as a teacher
A job as professor in Copenhagen is offered to Aksel Schiøtz in 1968. Though Aksel Schiøtz is pleased by the calling, it turns out that Denmark does not know how to make good use of his artistic and educational potential.
Aksel Schiøtz dies in 1975.

 

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Franz Schubert
Die schöne Müllerin
1. Das Wandern
2. Wohin?
3. Halt!
4. Danksagung an den Bach
5. Am Feierabend
6. Der Neugierige
7. Ungeduld
8. Morgengruss
9. Des Müllers Blumen
10. Tränenregen
11. Mein!
12. Pause
13. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande
14. Der Jäger
15. Eifersucht und Stoltz
16. Die liebe Farbe
17. Die böse Farbe
18. Trockne Blumen
19. Der Müller und der Bach
20. Des Baches Wiegenlied

Edvard Grieg
21. To brune øjne (Op. 5, No. 1) Two brown Eyes
22. Jeg elsker dig (Op. 5, No. 3) I Love You
23. Ved Ronderne (Op. 33, No. 9) By the Rondane Mountains
24. Våren (Op. 33, No. 2) Spring
25. Udfarten (Op. 9, No. 4) The Voyage

About this recording of “Die schöne Miillerin” ©

No other music was closer to Aksel Schiotz’s heart than these Schubert songs. In his day it was not usual to hear a complete performce. But Schiotz sang the complete work, happily, often, and most succesfully.
In 1939 he also started to record individual songs from the cycle, hoping to accomplish a complete recording. The war intervened, however (but listen and read in vol 4, DACOCD 454).
In 1938, when Schiotz went to London to meet Fred Gaisberg and other HMV executives, he was welcomed as a man of the future, with affectionate hospitality. In 1945, when he went
there to renew the contacts, the mood was that of a happy reunion, so Schiotz unblinkingly proposed that he record “Die schöne Müllerin”, for a start.
Somebody else did blink, perhaps, for an eight record-set with Lieder was not usual fare, even for HMV (which was why Walter Legge invented “Society” issues). But, “why not?” they said and immediately took steps to hire Gerald Moore for the recording.
In ‘Am I too Loud” Moore wrote: “I made a new friend when the great Dane Aksel Schiotz came to London to record Die Schöne Müllerin. Now I believe that Aksel Schiotz was one of the
few modest tenors that I have ever met. He was not always talking about himself; he did not tell me where he had been or where he was going, he did not tell me about his successes here and how they were clamouring for him there. He was quiet, he was modest and this is a miracle in a tenor. After having worked in Denmak during the German occupation in the underground movement his career was opening up with the richest promise.
His press notices for his London recitals with me and for his recordings were excellent; he alternated with Peter Pears in Benjamin Brittens’ ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ at Glyndeboume, singing in perfect English.”

RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1998

CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 452

EAN: 5709499452004

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