Joseph Schmidt sings Recondita Armonia (Tosca) in German. Recorded 1929 & restored in DES stereo.

This is one of Joseph Schmidt's earliest recordings, made for the Ultraphon label in Berlin on August 16, 1929.
With the Berlin State Opera orchestra, conducted by Selmar Meyrowitz.
Recently fully restored in Digitally Extracted Stereo with noise reduction applied using Adobe Audition.

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

Absolutely magnificent… ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Among Joseph Schmidt‘s greatest skills was his talent to speak (sing!) from the heart to the heart… 💖 If you are not touched by this man‘s voice and interpretations, you probably don‘t have a heart at all… Thank you for the wonderful post! 🙏🍀

[@johndavies1209]

Absoluely wonderful.

[@51Linz]

Wotta tear-jerker, Steve! Not surprising that so many Lanza lovers love Schmidt as well: a similar soulfulness, especially apparent here. Bravo!

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Perfect singing as usual by Joseph and a great job on the audio by you Steve.

[@Dinki-Di]

Heartbreakingly beautiful

[@ronaldo190172]

Simply gorgeous, JS is very difficult to fault

[@christianroider118]

Immortale❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@davidwright1626]

Is this not the best tenor 😢

[@ballaratboy1]

He is certainly one of my favourite tenors.