Joseph Schmidt "The return of a lost recording" (1932) HD

75 years ago, in November 1942, one of the greatest singers of the 20th Century died as a homeless emigrant in a Swiss Internation Camp. Joseph Schmidt, the "little man with the great voice" was literally hunted to death by the Nazi regime. Between 1929 and 1933 he participated in more than 30 productions of the then still young Berlin Radio. After 1933 most of the recordings with Jewish artists were eliminated from the archives. That's why only a handful of these recordings are known to exist today. In 2015 one of these "lost recordings" was found in a private collection. And here is the story of this truly sensational and spectacular find. Joseph Schmidt sings Chapelou's Aria from Adam's "Le Postillon du Lonjumeau". Recorded in the Broadcasting Studio at Berlin Radio, "Haus des Rundfunks", Masurenallee on 7th January 1932 during a life performance of the complete opera. Berlin Radio Chorus and Berlin Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Paul Breisach