with Friedrich Kark (piano).
Odeon master xB 2234, rec. Berlin, February 1907.
Baritone Carl Rost (1862-1940) was a celebrity in the Rhineland. He studied there and never left the town except for his concert tours that actually had him traveling through Europe for a good part of the year. Rost was an outstanding soloist in Bachs and Mendelssohns oratorios, an admired interpreter of romantic art songs - and as well a lover of carnival and folk songs. He created (among others) the famous song "Et hätt noch immer jot jejange" that has become part of the Rhenanian life style and was written for him by his friend Carl Beines (who, by the way, was the teacher of Richard Tauber). Schubert's "Im Abendrot" was inseperably associated with him by his contemporaries. He was the first singer to ever record this song, and recorded it for the three biggest companies of his time (G&T, Odeon, and Pathé). I have not been able to find the G&T version yet, and the Pathé has a horrible orchestra accompaniment, so I chose the Odeon.

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