Episode 449. Adele Stolte and Margot Guilleaume Sing Handel
SOCIAL SHARE
SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM
On my recent Edith Mathis episode, I played her singing one of Handel’s Neun deutsche Arien, a group of religious songs set to German texts by pietist poet Berthold Heinrich Brockes. A number of years ago, I created another episode featuring all nine of the arias sung by a magnificent assembly of fine baroque singers. At that time, as a pendant to that episode, I also did a bonus episode with two of the lesser-known of those singers, German sopranos Margot Guilleaume (12 January 1910 – 25 June 2004) and Adele Stolte (12 October 1932 – 27 September 2020) Guilleaume’s version was recorded in 1953, Stolte’s in 1968. If Stolte’s is a silvery voice, then Guilleaume’s has a more burnished quality. Each of them complements the other and, to keep a fair balance between the two, each are given five arias to sing, with the episode beginning and ending with the exquisite Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, sung first by Stolte, then by Guilleaume. May this episode, guided by these two exquisite singers, be a restful and peaceful oasis in the storm of today’s world.
RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE
All selections are from George Frideric Handel’s Neun deutsche Arien, set to texts by Berthold Heinrich Brockes. The performances with Margot Guilleaume were recorded in 1953 and feature oboist Helmut Winschermann, flautist Ulrich Grehling, violinist Gustav Scheck, and on continuo, harpsichordist Fritz Neumeyer and cellist August Wenzinger. Adele Stolte’s recording is from 1968 and features oboist Hans-Werner Wätzig, flautist Manfred Friedrich, violinist Karl Suske, and on continuo, harpsichordist Wolfgang Iwer, cellist Peter Klug, and bassoonist Jürgen Buttkewitz.
Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205. Adele Stolte, Manfred Friedrich
Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen, HWV 203. Margot Guilleaume, Ulrich Grehling
Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden, HWV 210. Adele Stolte, Karl Suske
In der angenehmen Büschen, HWV 209. Margot Guilleaume, Gustav Scheck
Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften den eiteln Mammon grabt, HWV 208. Adele Stolte, Hans-Werner Wätzig
Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise, HWV 206. Margot Guilleaume, Ulrich Grehling
Süßer Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV 204. Adele Stolte, Manfred Friedrich
Künft’ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 202. Margot Guilleaume, Helmut Winschermann
Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207. Adele Stolte, Hans-Werner Wätzig
Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205. Margot Guilleaume, Gustav Scheck