V1570. FRIDA LEIDER: The Complete Lieder Recordings, incl. Wesendonck Lieder (Wagner; partially conducted by Barbirolli), recorded 1922-31; w.Michael Raucheisen (Pf.): Songs by Schubert, Schumann & Wolf, recorded 1940-44. (Germany) FLG 19221944. Transfers by Christian Zwarg. Extremely Limited Edition.

CRITIC REVIEW:

"The intensity of [Leider's] singing is unmistakeable at the great moments….a singer with presence, and one is aware of it, majestic and human throughout. Leider was an adored singer….”

- J. B. Steane, THE GRAND TRADITION, pp.240-41