Peter Schreier

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 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