Hans Hotter sings Schumann: Die Beiden Grenadiere

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

A fantastic rendition by this magnificent (lieder) singer… ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The pianist is terrific as well! 👏👏👏 Thank you for the marvelous post! 🙏🍀

[@wotan3000]

A paragon of commitment and dramatic understanding. Technically amazing. I am a huge Hotter fan. Very little sign of the breathing duress his allergies caused. His was probably the biggest (i.e. Broadest and Loudest) voices of operatic history. The scalability of his voice is absolutely unmatched - literally since no one could get as loud as he could. His piano reaches pianississimo. Astounding! Thank you so much for posting.

[@pinyang2244]

我很喜歡這首歌，四十多年前，在高中時唱過。很懷念那時的老同學們。

[@marialuisavelona2032]

What a wonderful artist, his voice is like velvet, his interpretation always get a sense, perfect. Thanks for post the video

[@bodiloto]

Sublime Hotter Grazie ! *****************infinite*****************

[@n.ghiaurov5039]

What a wonderful bass-baritone^^ bravo👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Jackpower1989]

There's also an interpretation by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. (I love his "Der Erlkönig") You can find it under the name: "Die beiden Grenadiere - Dwaj grenadierzy Schumann"

[@Timrath]

@LightSpeed99999 I think the piano was superb. Most pianists just stay in the background, because they allow themselves to be intimidated by the singer, but this one got right into it and took part in the action. That more than makes up for the few wrong notes he played.

[@benherz8265]

I remember when I was a lad, my father singing this in German while my uncle sang it in English.

[@Julia-ic4wo]

We sing this song in russian too!

[@benjaminsuedmeier2502]

Oh what a deep powerful voice, Much respect for Hotter

[@n0tfullyalive]

when i was a little lad, mommy made me do the little lad dance

[@antoniofernandez-albalatga5731]

Soberbia interpretación.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@WilliamVega]

I apologize for my tremendous ignorance, I heard this and because I don't understand german I found this sounded to me a little like the Marsellese. (specially at the end)

[@99mercury1]

This beautiful ballad certainly is neither farce, nor parody nor farce, and it certainly does not mock the French. The ballad ends in a glorious setting of the "Marseillaise" and must be seen as a glorification of the French revolution, of the "Marseillaise", of Napoleon and La Grande Armée as tools of that revolution.Heine, the revolutionary poet, most certainly adored Napoleon, the French and a revolution that completely changed Europe. So on the one hand, this ballad is a complete identification with ardent patriotism ( as long as it serves the revolution, but on the other there a few reservations. This deeply serious and patriotic ballad ALSO expresses the individual losses for a soldier, who has taken part in great historical events; it expresses Heine's own ambiguous attitude towards Napoleon, who was both a great genius and a liberator AND a dictator and destroyer.

[@horstjentschura3283]

... und das Nachspiel vom Klavier?! Nicht nur ein Zweifel. Schumann nimmt in den letzten Takten alles zurück.

[@Bravilor]

What asthma medicine did they have back in the 50s-60s? Nowadays the medicine is so good, I have asthma but as soon as I take the medicine all becomes good. I wish Hans Hotter could have had my asthma medicine :(

[@Timrath]

@WhiteProfondo I doubt that shortness of breath is the reason. He just didn't want to sacrifice the clarity and expression of his speech. In lieder, the words always take precedence over the music. If you think that he "destroys the vocals and the phrases" by pronouncing the words in a way that the text demands, then you haven't understood the phrases in the first place, because a composer such as Schumann would never write anything that could undermine the text.

[@Peelioka]

I love this song, I did it for my grade 8 singing :)

[@Bariddong]

최고입니다 제가 본 두 척탄병중 최고의 연주자입니다

[@janvisser7685]

Goed om het zo te horen.Met mijn vriend G lazemaker aan de piano zongen we als studenten dit lied.

[@Basbobock]

die Marseillaise wird auch erwähnt, achtet mal am Ende drauf :D

[@Lobsang32]

ein tollles lied!!!

[@hektor_schmidt]

A fine rendition.

[@chateauxmargaux2414]

Very Fine.

[@Bravilor]

@@chateauxmargaux2414 Extremely fine. I would say it transcends fine.

[@lemenyves34]

Don't you think that he has some features in common with de Gaulle, the French president.

[@tarekmohamed3263]

Height, Hotter was tall like de Gaulle, and the face is somewhat similar yes.

[@buddhagautama5899]

2:24ラマルセイエーズ

[@claranimmer7349]

Dieser Patriotismus und Fanatismus im Text ist schon gruselig, aber meisterhaft gesungen.

[@AbandonedMaine]

@askdhg All that matters ultimately, is that the intention of Heine and Schumann are brought to life by the artist. All the technical formalities matter naught if the artist hasn't internalized what the poem means and made it his/her. William Warfield's recommendation is that movement is OK, as long as the idea and the passion to convey it are front and center beyond your technical abilities.

[@leonforelle1099]

Ein Super Lied

[@marliesschachtler]

Leon Forelle 'u

[@faktenmann]

Und die t e n o r a l e Alternative ? Peter A n d e r s & Hubert G i e s e n !

[@IchiganCS]

Da muss ich leider widersprechen. Tauber hat hier die Nase vorn.

[@brunegilda2453]

Richtig!

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

Ich würde auch sagen: Tauber… Aber Peter Anders ist ebenfalls großartig!

[@gnativerson]

very nice Hotter - compare with Boris Gmyria on KZbin

[@Smebninja]

@ericbrockway Its just a question how the singer acts. Sometimes its more emotionizing (dont know if this exits) to wave your arms. Hans Hotter hisself is not waving with his hands but showing the expressions through his face, especially with his eyes.

[@AntonGerzenbergPiano]

@Amiduffer I think you can listen to a CD? So, why acting in Lieder? They´re not operas...

[@misskonaxia]

2:24

[@nibelung1957]

Interesting, thanks. Who plays on piano?

[@gerlindemayer9645]

I think Schumann himself😆no, but he is playing well. It could be Gerald Moore, although I think it is not him. There is another recording with Hotter and Moore (only Audio) which shows the diferences. Moore is totally into the music. But as I said it could be him at a different level of playing, maybe he was younger..

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

Could also be Michael Raucheisen… They used to work together, and Raucheisen was excellent, a congenial partner …

[@LightSpeed99999]

The voice gets and A+. The piano.....has to retake the class.

[@peterfischer494]

1:49 Gewähr mir Bruuuda eine Bitt'... Erster Azzlack im Kunstlied

[@IchiganCS]

Gute Entdeckung, das ist wirklich etwas zu stark. Aber es ist grundsätzlich richtig. Das letzte "r" bei Bruder hat man nicht echt auszusprechen, man muss nur das e verfärben.

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

Ein „Azzlack“? Was soll die blöde Bemerkung?!

[@Twentythousandlps]

You would think that an accomplished performer like Herr Hotter would find something better to do with his hands.

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

No hard feelings, but this is Lieder singing, not opera… You don‘t „act“ a lied; all the performance is in your voice and perhaps your mimics. Not acting with your body is a sign of truly insightful and commanding Lieder singing.

[@shoroh1]

Not bad, but nowhere near to Shalyapin.