Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019)

The funeral service took place at the Kreuzkirche, Dresden on 8 January 2020.

Evaluation

Schreier was an extremely intelligent singer, with sympathetic feeling for the text.

  • Handel Prize of the City of Halle, 1972
  • Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, 1989
  • European Church Music Prize, 2000
  • Hugo Wolf Medal, Hugo Wolf Academy, Stuttgart, 2011
  • International Mendelssohn Prize of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation, Leipzig, 2011
  • Bach Medal, Bach Festival Leipzig, for interpretation of Bach, 2013
  • Sächsischer Verdienstorden, 2016
  • Kunstpreis der Landeshauptstadt Dresden, 2016

Discography

The German National Library holds recordings by Schreier, including:

As singer

  • 80th Anniversary Edition, Berlin Classics (Edel) 2015
  • Johann Sebastian Bach:
  • Matthäus-Passion (Evangelist and arias), conducted by Karl Richter, Archiv Produktion (Universal Music) 1989
  • Johannes-Passion, conducted by Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, RCA Classic (Sony Music) 1998
  • Weihnachtsoratorium, conducted by Martin Flämig, Dresdner Philharmonie, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Lukaskirche 1974
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, with András Schiff, piano, Decca (Universal Music) 1996
  • Hector Berlioz: Requiem, conducted by Charles Munch, Deutsche Grammophon (Universal Music) 2009
  • Johannes Brahms: Die schöne Magelone, with András Schiff, Belvedere (Harmonia Mundi) 2015
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
  • Opera Arias, Polygram Records 1990
  • Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, EMI (Warner Classics) 1987
  • Der Odem der Liebe. Peter Schreier als Mozart-Tenor, conducted by Otmar Suitner, Eterna 1973
  • Prokofjew – Hindemith: Lieder, Berlin Classics (Edel) 2004
  • Franz Schubert:
  • Die schöne Müllerin (with Konrad Ragossnig, guitar), Berlin Classics (Edel) 2004
  • Die Winterreise (setting for voice and string quartet), Profil (Naxos) 2015
  • Schubert Songs, with András Schiff, Wigmore Hall Live (CODAEX Deutschland) 2006
  • Heinrich Schütz: Johannes-Passion SWV 481 / Psalmen Davids, conducted by Martin Flämig, Berlin classics (Edel) 1997
  • Robert Schumann:
  • Dichterliebe, with Christoph Eschenbach, Teldec Classics International GmbH 1991
  • Dichterliebe / Liederkreis, with Norman Shetler, Berlin Classics (Edel) 2007
  • Vom Knabenalt zum lyrischen Tenor, Berlin Classics (Edel) 1995

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<!--== Sources ==

  • The quotation from the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, by Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, and Robert Layton, is from the 1996 edition, published by Penguin, .-->
  • Peter Schreier (Tenor, Conductor) Bach Cantatas Website
  • Alles hat seine Zeit (documentary) heide-blum.de2006
  • Tenor / Conductor Peter Schreier / A Conversation with Bruce Duffie bruceduffie.com 10 March 1997