Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Lieder 1850-1950
An impressive set – in quality and quantity – featuring many [song] songs that are unavailable elsewhere. A great pity about the lack of texts
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Composer or Director: Othmar Schoeck, Max von Schillings, Theodor Streicher, Gottfried von Einem, Hans (Erich) Pfitzner, Boris Blacher, Wolfgang Fortner, Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein, Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert Franz, Josef Matthias Hauer, Hermann Reutter, Anton Webern, Darius Milhaud, Justus Hermann Wetzel, Edvard Grieg, (Joseph) Joachim Raff, (Carl August) Peter Cornelius, Hanns Eisler, Alexander Ritter, Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók, Conrad Beck, Paul Hindemith, Emil Mattiesen, Theodor Kirchner, Ferdinand Hiller, (Paul) Felix Weingartner, Ernst Krenek, (Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger, Heinz Tiessen, Philipp Eulenberg, Arnold Schoenberg, Adolf Jensen, Richard Strauss, Paul Dessau, Hans Erich Apostel, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler
Label: EMI Classics
Magazine Review Date: 8/2000
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 246
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: 567349-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(12) Lieder, Movement: Auf dem Meere (wds. Heine) |
Robert Franz, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Robert Franz, Composer |
(6) Gesänge |
Robert Franz, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Robert Franz, Composer |
(6) Gesänge, Movement: Bitte (Wds. Lenau) |
Robert Franz, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Robert Franz, Composer |
(6) Lieder, Movement: Für Musik (wds. Geibel) |
Robert Franz, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Robert Franz, Composer |
(6) Lieder, Movement: Abends (wds. J Eichendorff) |
Robert Franz, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Robert Franz, Composer |
(6) Lieder, Movement: Wonne der Wehmut |
Robert Franz, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Robert Franz, Composer |
(6) Lieder, Movement: Mailied |
Robert Franz, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Robert Franz, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, The way of the world (Lauf der Welt) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Edvard Grieg, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 2, One day, O heart of mine (Dereinst, Gedanke mein) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Edvard Grieg, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: Morning Dew (Morgentau) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Edvard Grieg, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: Parting (Abschied) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Edvard Grieg, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: Hunting Song (Jägerlied) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Edvard Grieg, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: Where have they gone? (Wo sind sie hin?) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Edvard Grieg, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Hearing a song or carol (Høren jeg sangen klinge) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lieder, Movement: Frühlingslied (Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt. W |
Theodor Kirchner, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Theodor Kirchner, Composer |
Lieder, Movement: Sie weiss es nicht (Wds. von Fallersleben) |
Theodor Kirchner, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Theodor Kirchner, Composer |
Lieder, Movement: Frühlingslied (In dem Walde spriesst und grüntHeine) |
Theodor Kirchner, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Theodor Kirchner, Composer |
Lieder, Movement: Frühlingslied (Ich lieb'eine Blume. Wds. Heine) |
Theodor Kirchner, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Theodor Kirchner, Composer |
Herr, den ich tief im Herzen trage (Gebet) |
Ferdinand Hiller, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferdinand Hiller, Composer |
Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang' |
Adolf Jensen, Composer
Adolf Jensen, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
(The) Dew is sparkling |
Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein, Composer
Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Es rauschen die Winde |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Franz Liszt, Composer |
Wieder möcht ich dir begegnen |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Franz Liszt, Composer |
Ständchen |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Franz Liszt, Composer |
Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Franz Liszt, Composer |
(Der) Tannenbaum |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Richard Wagner, Composer |
(Les) Nuits d'été, Movement: Sur les lagunes |
Hector Berlioz, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hector Berlioz, Composer |
Sonnenuntergang |
(Carl August) Peter Cornelius, Composer
(Carl August) Peter Cornelius, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Liebe ohne Heimat |
(Carl August) Peter Cornelius, Composer
(Carl August) Peter Cornelius, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Nachspiel |
Friedrich Nietzsche, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Friedrich Nietzsche, Composer |
Wie sich Rebenranken schwingen |
Friedrich Nietzsche, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Friedrich Nietzsche, Composer |
Verwelkt |
Friedrich Nietzsche, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Friedrich Nietzsche, Composer |
Liebesfeier |
(Paul) Felix Weingartner, Composer
(Paul) Felix Weingartner, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Primula veris |
Alexander Ritter, Composer
Alexander Ritter, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Ist dir ein getreues, liebevolles Kind beschert |
Theodor Streicher, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Theodor Streicher, Composer |
Unter den Palmen |
(Joseph) Joachim Raff, Composer
(Joseph) Joachim Raff, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Liebessehnsucht |
Philipp Eulenberg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Philipp Eulenberg, Composer |
Freude soll in deinen Werken sein |
Max von Schillings, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Max von Schillings, Composer |
(14) Lieder, Movement: Abendwolken (wds. Uhland) |
Othmar Schoeck, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Othmar Schoeck, Composer |
Reiselied |
Othmar Schoeck, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Othmar Schoeck, Composer |
An meine Mutter |
Justus Hermann Wetzel, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Justus Hermann Wetzel, Composer |
Der Kehraus |
Justus Hermann Wetzel, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Justus Hermann Wetzel, Composer |
Heimgang in der Frühe |
Emil Mattiesen, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Emil Mattiesen, Composer |
An den Mond |
Hans (Erich) Pfitzner, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hans (Erich) Pfitzner, Composer |
Vöglein Schwermut |
Heinz Tiessen, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Heinz Tiessen, Composer |
Wer hat's gethan? |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Richard Strauss, Composer |
Warnung |
(Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger, Composer
(Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
(5) Gesänge, Movement: No. 5, Sommernacht |
(Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger, Composer
(Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Herbstgefühl |
Emil Mattiesen, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Emil Mattiesen, Composer |
(5) Lieder, Movement: Mailied (wds Goethe) |
Hans (Erich) Pfitzner, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hans (Erich) Pfitzner, Composer |
(3) Chansons de France, Movement: Rondel II: Pour ce que Plaisance est morte (wds. d |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano |
Poèmes Juifs, Movement: Lamentation |
Darius Milhaud, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Darius Milhaud, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Lieder aus 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn', Movement: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gustav Mahler, Composer Hermann Reutter, Piano |
(8) Lieder, Movement: Peregrina II (wds. Mörike) |
Othmar Schoeck, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano Othmar Schoeck, Composer |
(4) Lieder, Movement: Hussens Kerker |
Hans (Erich) Pfitzner, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hans (Erich) Pfitzner, Composer Hermann Reutter, Piano |
Fragment |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano Paul Hindemith, Composer |
Johann Kepler |
Hermann Reutter, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano Hermann Reutter, Composer |
Abbitte |
Wolfgang Fortner, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano Wolfgang Fortner, Composer |
Hyperions Schicksalslied |
Wolfgang Fortner, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano Wolfgang Fortner, Composer |
(5) Songs, Movement: Autumn: In the valley (wds. Gombossy) |
Béla Bartók, Composer
Béla Bartók, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano |
Aprèslude, Movement: Gedicht |
Boris Blacher, Composer
Boris Blacher, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano |
Aprèslude, Movement: Worte |
Boris Blacher, Composer
Boris Blacher, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano |
Lied vom Weidenbaum |
Wolfgang Fortner, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Piano Wolfgang Fortner, Composer |
Meine dunklen Hände, Movement: Trommel |
Hermann Reutter, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Composer Hermann Reutter, Piano |
Meine dunklen Hände, Movement: Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen |
Hermann Reutter, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hermann Reutter, Composer Hermann Reutter, Piano |
(4) Hölderlin-Lieder, Movement: Der gefesselte Strom |
Josef Matthias Hauer, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Josef Matthias Hauer, Composer |
(4) Hölderlin-Lieder, Movement: An die Parzen |
Josef Matthias Hauer, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Josef Matthias Hauer, Composer |
(6) Lieder, Movement: Warnung (Wds. R. Dehmel) |
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Arnold Schoenberg, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
(8) Lieder, Movement: Traumleben (wds. J. Hart) |
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Arnold Schoenberg, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
(5) Lieder, Movement: Erwachen aus dem tiefsten traumes-schoose |
Anton Webern, Composer
Anton Webern, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
(5) Lieder, Movement: Kunfttag I: Dem bist du kind, dem freund |
Anton Webern, Composer
Anton Webern, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
(5) Lieder, Movement: Trauer I: So wart bis ich dies dir noch künde |
Anton Webern, Composer
Anton Webern, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
(5) Lieder, Movement: Das lockere saatgefilde lechzet krank |
Anton Webern, Composer
Anton Webern, Composer Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Nacht |
Hans Erich Apostel, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hans Erich Apostel, Composer |
(9) Lieder, Movement: Erinnerung |
Ernst Krenek, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ernst Krenek, Composer |
(9) Lieder, Movement: Die frühen Gräber |
Ernst Krenek, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ernst Krenek, Composer |
(5) Songs from the Chinese, Movement: In der Fremde (after Li-Taibo) |
Gottfried von Einem, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gottfried von Einem, Composer |
(5) Songs from the Chinese, Movement: Ein junger Dichter denkt an die Geliebte (after Sa |
Gottfried von Einem, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gottfried von Einem, Composer |
(6) Hölderlin-Fragmente, Movement: An die Hoffnung |
Hanns Eisler, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hanns Eisler, Composer |
(5) Anakreontische Fragmente, Movement: In der Frühe |
Hanns Eisler, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hanns Eisler, Composer |
Spruch 1939 |
Hanns Eisler, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hanns Eisler, Composer |
Noch bin ich eine Stadt |
Paul Dessau, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Paul Dessau, Composer |
Such nicht mehr, Frau |
Paul Dessau, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Paul Dessau, Composer |
Herbst |
Conrad Beck, Composer
Aribert Reimann, Piano Conrad Beck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone |
Author: Michael Oliver
Some of the most striking songs are by unknown composers. Theodor Kirchner emerges as an accomplished member of Schumann’s circle, with abundant melodic appeal and subtle harmonies. Theodor Streicher sounds like a German John Ireland, and a charming one. Alexander Ritter, an important influence on the young Richard Strauss, makes one’s hair stand on end with his tonally adventurous, startlingly original ‘Primula veris’. Emil Mattiesen provides memorable accompaniments (slumberous and hypnotic in one song, prowling staccato in the other) to chromatic but strong vocal lines. Hermann Reutter portrays the astronomer Johann Kepler in clean, dry counterpoint; the result is like the very best Hindemith. Wolfgang Fortner, described in the not very useful booklet as ‘the Leipzig-born 12-tone composer’ contributes three songs, none serial or even atonal, including a weird little setting (in English) of Desdemona’s ‘Willow Song’ and a beautiful, very simple one of Holderlin’s Abbitte.
Of the better-known figures, Robert Franz has an often simple charm to which Fischer-Dieskau’s intensity is not ideally suited, but he finds dark eloquence as well as lyric freshness in Grieg’s settings of German texts and both grace and ardour in Liszt; his Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh has a magical stillness. Some of the choices cast light on the singer himself: he chooses two of Peter Cornelius’s bigger songs, not the more familiar folksong-like pieces, and his scholarly interest in Nietzsche leads him to select three that give an idea of that talented amateur composer’s range: an effective romantic number, an odd little epigram and a song that few other singers would have undertaken because of the vast vocal range it demands. Schoeck, Reger and Pfitzner are only sampled, but each is strongly represented. The very early Wagner song is scarcely characteristic (the booklet talks nonsense about it pre-echoing Act 3 of Die Walkure) but the Strauss, unpublished when this recording gave it its first performance, has since deservedly joined the canon. Among the curiosities Felix Weingartner’s ‘Liebesfeier’, a hit in its day, sounds like a poor man’s Strauss (more precisely a cheap substitute for ‘Zueignung’).
Apart from the intensely expressive Webern and Eisler pieces and Hans Erich Apostel’s ‘Nacht’ none of the modern songs entirely eschew tonality, though Hermann Reutter nears the brink with effective vehemence in two settings (in English) of Langston Hughes, and Josef Matthias Hauer demonstrates that his form of serialism is by no means incompatible with lyricism or drama. The ‘conservative’ Gottfried von Einem uses what one might call a radical simplicity to arresting effect; so does Paul Dessau (his songs described quite wrongly in the booklet as ‘cabaret-tinged’). Both of the Krenek songs (in one of them a folk-like tune turns in unexpected directions and encounters quirky harmonies) are well worth discovering; so are the two bony little epigrams by Boris Blacher. A rich and absorbing survey of the latter history of the Lied, but the vessel has been spoiled for a ha’p’orth of printer’s ink.'
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