1955, he also recorded Der Rosenkavalier with the Berlin Philharmonic, Leonie Rysanek as Marschallin, Elisabeth Grümmer as Octavian, Erika Köth as Sophie, Gustav Neidlinger as Ochs, Sieglinde Wagner as Annina and Josef Traxel as the singer. In the 1960s, he recorded excerpts of operas, Flotow's Martha, Lortzing's Undine (with Lisa Otto) and Der Wildschütz, and Weber's Oberon with Jess Thomas as Hüon and Ingrid Bjoner as Rezia. With the Deutsche Oper Berlin he recorded excerpts of Gounod's Margarete (with Hilde Güden), Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana with Rysanek, Schock and Metternich, and Nicolai's Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor with Köth, Frick and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He also conducted radio productions, namely for the NDR and the WDR. He died in Dortmund. Further reading Rudolf Schroeder: Das Philharmonische Orchester der Stadt Dortmund. Zwölf Jahre Wilhelm Schüchter 1962–1974. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des städtischen Musiklebens. Rabe, Dortmund 1982. Fred K. Prieberg: Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933–1945. Kiel 2004, p. 6342 (CD-ROM-Lexikon). References External links Wilhelm Schüchter operatic discography German male conductors (music) 1911 births 1974 deaths Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln alumni 20th-century German conductors (music) 20th-century German male musicians