ü sch ▁concentr ated ▁instead ▁on ▁invest ing ▁his ▁singing ▁with ▁an ▁un fail ingly ▁smooth ▁line , ▁a ▁rounded ▁tone ▁and ▁beautiful ly ▁luc id ▁diction ▁in ▁the ▁manner ▁of ▁a ▁celebrated ▁German ▁ly ric - bar it one ▁rival , ▁Heinrich ▁Sch lus n us , ▁who ▁was ▁his ▁senior ▁by ▁ 1 3 ▁years . ▁Now here ▁were ▁these ▁exempl ary ▁vocal ▁qual ities ▁better ▁displayed ▁than ▁in ▁his ▁pione ering , ▁pre - war , ▁ 7 8 - r pm ▁L ieder ▁records . ▁He ▁performed ▁on ▁disc ▁the ▁first ▁more - or - less - unc ut ▁versions ▁of ▁Sch ub ert ' s ▁Winter re ise ▁and ▁Die ▁Sch ö ne ▁Müller in ▁song - cy cles , ▁and ▁Be eth oven ' s ▁An ▁die ▁fer ne ▁Gel ieb te ; ▁his ▁disc s ▁of ▁songs ▁by ▁Hugo ▁Wolf , ▁made ▁under ▁Walter ▁Leg ge ' s ▁aus p ices , ▁helped ▁introduce ▁that ▁composer ▁to ▁thousands ▁of ▁music - lo vers ▁previously ▁un famil iar ▁with ▁Wolf ' s ▁output ; ▁and ▁he ▁released ▁a ▁gener ous ▁selection ▁of ▁songs ▁by ▁Hans ▁Pf itz ner , ▁these ▁record ings ▁bearing ▁the ▁im prim atur ▁of ▁Pf itz ner ▁himself ▁at ▁the ▁piano . ▁The ▁Finn ish ▁composer ▁Y r jö ▁Kil p inen ▁found ▁in ▁H ü sch ▁a ▁stead fast ▁champion . ▁ ▁On ▁close ▁listening , ▁record ings ▁show ▁that ▁H ü sch ▁chose ▁to ▁intention ally ▁' under - sing ',