Rare Footage of Gwendolyn Koldofsky Playing in Lotte Lehmann Master Class

In the short time that I studied with Gwendolyn Koldofsky at the Academy of the West, she often spoke fondly of her longtime collaboration with Lotte Lehmann. I was very glad to have recently found a six-and-a-half minute YouTube clip of a 1961 Lotte Lehmann master class, in which she coaches Jeannine Wagner singing Brahms' Sonntag with none other than Koldofsky herself at the piano. This master class dates from the time after Lehmann had stopped singing professionally, however, she still sings one of the more convincing performances of Sonntag you'll ever hear, an octave lower than written. For all those who knew Lehmann and Koldofsky, here's a rare moment to see them in their prime over 45 years ago...

Free Historic Lotte Lehmann Downloads

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation has recently offered a large number of historic recordings of Lehmann performing songs and arias, selected interviews in English and German, as well as a two-hour documentary on her life. The list of song recordings here is particularly impressive, containing the entire Winterreise cycle of Schubert as well as 53 other songs.

Wikipedia article on Lotte Lehmann