10 CD box set of recordings made by the German lyric tenor, famed for his singing of the Mozart repertory and various lieder. It features many rarities and includes live recordings from Munich and Buenos Aires.
Many of the recordings, some of them never before issued, go back to his early years when the young tenor financed his studies by appearing at village hall dances. It features operatic stars such as Ingeborg Hallstein, Anneliese Rothenberger, Kurt Böhme, Hans Hotter, Hermann Prey as partners.