Gehard Huesch, the great German Baritone famous for his first complete winterreise, in the 20s and 30s Berlin here with two great selections in German

Hanns Udo Mueller at the Piano:

Gerhard Hüsch,  Hanns Udo Müller Piano

HMV DA4445

  Ständchen ("Leise Flehen Meine Lieder"), Song For Voice & Piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4 
  An Die Musik ("Du Holde Kunst..."), Song For Voice & Piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4) 



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Gerhard Hüsch (Hanover, February 2, 1901 - Munich, November 23, 1984) was one of the most important German singers of modern times. He specialized in Lieder, and to a lesser extent in opera.

Between 1925 and 1942, Hüsch sang regularly at several German (as well as British and Italian) opera houses, primarily in Berlin from 1930 onwards. The role for which he is best remembered is that of Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute, but his repertoire included most of the standard lighter baritone roles, including Wagner's (he appeared at Bayreuth, most notably as Wolfram in Tannhäuser) and Richard Strauss's (he appeared in the premiere of Strauss's Intermezzo). Lacking the sheer devastating vocal amplitude of his contemporaries Hans Hotter and Gottlob Frick, Hüsch concentrated on beautifully lucid diction and an unfailingly smooth vocal line.

After World War II, Hüsch, whose political naïveté during the Third Reich (and, in particular, closeness to Rosalind von Schirach, the sister of Baldur von Schirach)[1] was unlikely to endear him to the Allies, mostly abandoned concert and operatic appearances, preferring to concentrate on teaching. A professor at the Munich Hochschule für Musik, he numbered among his pupils the British tenor Nigel Rogers. He gave masterclasses not only in Europe but in Japan.