Gottlob Frick
Gottlob Frick (1906-1994) was a German bass, one of the great deep voices of the twentieth century. He was especially admired in Wagner, Mozart and German operatic repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears repeatedly in Wagner, Beethoven, Mozart and Strauss, including performances with Furtwängler, Giulini, Kleiber and others.
Frick’s voice was black, firm and monumental, with the authority needed for kings, priests, villa...
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Live broadcast performance, 1962
Total duration: 4hr 05:15 (includes radio announcements)
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Gunther - Norman Mittelmann
Gutrune - Gladys Kuchta
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Waltraute - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1-9
Studio recordings, 1957/8
Wilma Lipp, soprano
Marga Höffgen, contralto
Murray Dickie, tenor
Gottlob Frick, bass
Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conducted by Carl Schuricht
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Stereo studio recording, 1958
Total duration: 65:51
Wilma Lipp, soprano
Marga Höffgen, contralto
Murray Dickie, tenor
Gottlob Frick, bass
Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conducted by Carl Schuricht
