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Wilhelm Schüchter

Wilhelm Schüchter was a German conductor, active in opera, radio and orchestral performance during the post-war period.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Karajan’s 1953 recording of Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, alongside Philharmonia and Berlin Philharmonic forces.

Schüchter’s presence here belongs to the practical musical world around German opera recording and choral preparation.

His page is justified ...

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HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel
MOZART, R. STRAUSS Arias

Studio recordings, 1953 & 1955
Total duration: 2hr 20:24

Hänsel - Elisabeth Grümmer
Gretel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Mother - Maria Von Ilosvay
Father - Josef Metternich
Witch - Else Schürhoff

Philharmonia Orchestra
Choirs of Loughton High School For Girls
and Bancroft’s School
Conducted by Herbert Von Karajan

Elisabeth Grümmer, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
Erika Köth
, soprano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  
conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter