How friendly the Day Shines
Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883)
Martha „Ach so fromm“
Alessandro Stradella
„Wie freundlich strahlt der Tag“
Albert Lortzing (1801–1851)
Zar und Zimmermann „Lebe wohl mein flandrisch Mädchen“
Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861)
The Vampire „Wie ein schöner Frühlingsmorgen“
Otto Nicolai (1810–1849)
The Merry Wives of Windsor „Horch die Lerche“
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Fierrabras „Was quälst Du Dich“
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
The Flying Dutchman “Mit Gewitter und Sturm”
Tannhäuser “Den Bronnen, den uns Wolfram nannte”
Rienzi “Allmächt‘ger Vater
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
Der Freischütz „Nein! Länger trag ich nicht die Qualen“
Euryanthe „Unter blühenden Mandelbäumen“
Maximilian Schmitt, tenor
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Patrick Lange, conductor
Maximilian Schmitt discovered his love for music already
during his youthful years with the Regensburg
Boys’ Choir. It was still during his period in Munich
that Maximilian Schmitt made his debut at the Salzburg
Provincial Theatre as Tamino in The Magic Flute
before accepting a four-year engagement with the
Mannheim National Theatre.
In the meantime, Maximilian Schmitt sings in all
the major opera houses.
The present recording is already his third CD for
OehmsClassics.
Following Heine Lieder and Die Schöne Müllerin,
Maximilian Schmitt proves with this recording that
he hardly needs fear any competition in the area of
romantic arias by composers ranging from Flotow and
Weber to Wagner. He is sensitively supported by the
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne under the direction
of Patrick Lange.