Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Early Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
A varied selection of the great F-D’s work during his career’s early years
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Composer or Director: Giacomo Meyerbeer, George Frideric Handel, Anna Amalia von Preussen, Charles-François Gounod, Ludwig van Beethoven, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Georges Bizet, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Frank Martin, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Gioachino Rossini, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Carl Orff, Conradin Kreutzer, Christoph Gluck, Karl Siegmund Seckendorff, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Fortner, Bettina Brentano (-von Arnim), Hans Werner Henze
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Original Masters
Magazine Review Date: 8/2005
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 659
Mastering:
Stereo
Mono
ADD
Catalogue Number: 477 5270GOM9
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Cantata No. 56, 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne trag |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(Karl) Ristenpart Chamber Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orphée, Tenor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Karl Ristenpart, Conductor Maria Stader, Eurydice, Soprano Rita Streich, Amour, Soprano |
| Cantata No. 82, 'Ich habe genug' |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(Karl) Ristenpart Chamber Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Eric Huchet, Achille, Baritone Felicity Lott, (La) Grande-Duchesse, Soprano Felicity Lott, (La) Grande-Duchesse, Mezzo soprano Felicity Lott, (La) Grande-Duchesse, Soprano François Le Roux, (Le) Général Boum, Baritone François Le Roux, (Le) Général Boum, Tenor François Le Roux, (Le) Général Boum, Tenor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Karl Ristenpart, Conductor |
| Cantata No. 4, 'Christ lag in Todesbanden', Movement: Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm (B) |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Frankfurt am Main Bach Festival Orchestra Frankfurt am Main Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Choir Fritz Lehmann, Conductor Geoffrey Shovelton, Narrator, Tenor Jane Metcalfe, Eliza Smith Jane Metcalfe, Eliza Smith Jane Metcalfe, Eliza Smith Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Maria Jung, Organ Philip Potter, Frederic, Tenor Philip Potter, Frederic, Tenor Philip Potter, Frederic, Tenor |
| Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Presto omai l'Egizia terra |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone George Frideric Handel, Composer Giuseppe Morresi, Messenger, Bass Giuseppe Morresi, Messenger, Tenor Giuseppe Morresi, Old Gypsy, Tenor Giuseppe Morresi, Messenger, Tenor Giuseppe Morresi, Old Gypsy, Tenor Giuseppe Morresi, Old Gypsy, Bass Karl Böhm, Conductor Virgilio Carbonari, Servant, Tenor Virgilio Carbonari, Servant, Tenor Virgilio Carbonari, Servant, Tenor Wolfgang Meyer, Harpsichord |
| Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Non è si vago e bello |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Ann Murray, Cherubino, Mezzo soprano Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone George Frideric Handel, Composer Jorma Hynninen, Count Almaviva, Baritone Karl Böhm, Conductor Margaret Price, Countess Almaviva, Soprano Wolfgang Meyer, Harpsichord |
| Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Va tacito e nascosto |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Anna Maria Panzarella, Achille, Soprano Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone George Frideric Handel, Composer Karl Böhm, Conductor Marianna Pizzolato, Isabella, Soprano Neal Banerjee, Alfonso, Tenor Wolfgang Meyer, Harpsichord |
| Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: ~ |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone George Frideric Handel, Composer Karl Böhm, Conductor Matteo Manuguerra, Nabucco, Baritone Renata Scotto, Abigaille, Soprano Renata Scotto, Abigaille, Soprano Renata Scotto, Abigaille, Soprano Sherrill Milnes, Macbeth, Baritone Wolfgang Meyer, Harpsichord |
| Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Quel torrente, che cade dal monte |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Charles Richard, Hoffmann, Tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone George Frideric Handel, Composer Karl Böhm, Conductor Marthe Brega, Giulietta, Soprano Renée Doria, Olympia, Soprano Wolfgang Meyer, Harpsichord |
| (4) Ernste Gesänge, 'Four Serious Songs' |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Elisabeth Cooper, Shepherdess Hertha Klust, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Michael Cynfelin, Huntsman Robert Ellis, Shepherd I |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt enstund |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Emanuel List, Pogner, Bass Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Leo Schützendorf, Beckmesser, Bass Renato Bruson, Falstaff, Baritone |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Selig ihr Blinden |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Alexei Grigorev, Marzio, Tenor Alexei Grigorev, Marzio, Tenor Alexei Grigorev, Marzio, Tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Nicola Wemyss, Silvia Nicola Wemyss, Silvia Nicola Wemyss, Silvia Tom Allen, Aceste, Tenor |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Ivan Sardi, Magistrate Hasentreffer, Baritone Manfred Röhrl, Bürgermeister, Bass Vera Little, Begonia, Mezzo soprano |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Nun lass uns Frieden schliessen |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Béatrice Cramoix, Marcellina, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Thomas Allen, Papageno, Baritone Yves Saelens, Don Basilio, Tenor |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Hoffärtig seid Ihr |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Benjamin Luxon, Calandro, Tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Domenico Trimarchi, Osmin, Baritone Domenico Trimarchi, Osmin, Baritone Domenico Trimarchi, Osmin, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Jonathan Prescott, Sultan; Dervish |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Geselle, woll'n wir uns in Kutten hüllen |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Fernande Chiocchio, Azucena, Mezzo soprano Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Jon Vickers, Manrico, Tenor Jon Vickers, Manrico, Tenor Jon Vickers, Cavaradossi, Tenor Jon Vickers, Cavaradossi, Tenor Jon Vickers, Manrico, Tenor Jon Vickers, Cavaradossi, Tenor |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Und willst du deinen Liebsten |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Alexander Young, Tom Rakewell, Tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Judith Raskin, Anne, Soprano Marina Picassi, Cook |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Heb' auf dein blondes Haupt |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Ian Wallace, Wazir, Baritone Regina Resnik, Lalume, Soprano Regina Resnik, Lalume, Soprano Regina Resnik, Lalume, Soprano Robert Merrill, The Poet, Baritone |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Donald Grobe, Wilhelm, Tenor Günther Treptow, Amintore, Tenor Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Marina Türke, Chambermaid |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Was für ein Lied |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Regina Resnik, Ulrica, Contralto (Female alto) Regina Resnik, Eboli, Mezzo soprano Regina Resnik, Ulrica, Soprano Regina Resnik, Mistress Quickly, Soprano Regina Resnik, Eboli, Soprano Regina Resnik, Mistress Quickly, Soprano Regina Resnik, Mistress Quickly, Mezzo soprano Regina Resnik, Eboli, Soprano Regina Resnik, Ulrica, Soprano |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blumen |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Jeanette Roach, Inez Joseph Riordan, Francesco Joseph Riordan, Francesco Joseph Riordan, Francesco Kenneth Sandford, Don Alhambra del Bolero, Baritone Kenneth Sandford, Don Alhambra del Bolero, Baritone Kenneth Sandford, Don Alhambra del Bolero, Baritone |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Und steht Ihr früh am Morgen auf |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Christine Palmer, Lady Sangazure, Contralto (Female alto) Christine Palmer, Lady Sangazure, Contralto (Female alto) Christine Palmer, Lady Sangazure, Contralto (Female alto) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer John Reed, John Wellington Wells, Baritone John Reed, John Wellington Wells, Baritone John Reed, John Wellington Wells, Baritone Valerie Masterson, Aline, Soprano Valerie Masterson, Aline, Soprano Valerie Masterson, Aline, Soprano |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Benedeit dir sel'ge Mutter |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Etienne Lescroart, Mercury, Tenor Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Jennifer Smith, Diane, Soprano Véronique Gens, Venus, Soprano |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Wie viele Zeit verlor ich |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone George Cook, Giorgio George Cook, Giorgio George Cook, Giorgio Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Jeanette Roach, Inez Joseph Riordan, Francesco Joseph Riordan, Francesco Joseph Riordan, Francesco |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Heut' Nacht erhob ich mich |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Jeanne Sevchenco, Naitooma Jeanne Sevchenco, Naitooma Jeanne Sevchenco, Peggy Jeanne Sevchenco, Peggy Jeanne Sevchenco, Peggy Jeanne Sevchenco, Naitooma Mart Sander, Vereker Mart Sander, Vereker Mart Sander, Vereker |
| Italienisches Liederbuch, 'Italian Songbook', Movement: Nicht länger kann ich singen |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Eric Huchet, Achille, Baritone Felicity Lott, (La) Grande-Duchesse, Mezzo soprano Felicity Lott, (La) Grande-Duchesse, Soprano Felicity Lott, (La) Grande-Duchesse, Soprano Hertha Klust, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Oreste, Mezzo soprano |
| Falstaff, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra Cornelis van Dijk, Tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Josef Metternich, Baritone Maria Paunova, Maria Misha Raitzin, Platon Karatayev, Tenor Vladimir de Kanel, Dolokhov, Baritone |
| Carmina Burana, Movement: Estuans interius |
Carl Orff, Composer
Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Carl Orff, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Michel Sénéchal, Ménélas, Tenor Yann Beuron, Fritz, Tenor Yann Beuron, Fritz, Tenor Yann Beuron, Fritz, Tenor |
| Carmina Burana, Movement: Ego sum abbas |
Carl Orff, Composer
Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra Carl Orff, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Fernanda Cadoni, Meg Page, Mezzo soprano Florindo Andreolli, Bardolph, Tenor Ilva Ligabue, Alice Ford, Soprano |
| Carmina Burana, Movement: Tempus est iocundum |
Carl Orff, Composer
Anny Schlemm, Soprano Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra Carl Orff, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor James King, Siegmund, Tenor Jean Cox, Walther, Tenor Leonie Rysanek, Sieglinde, Soprano |
| Dichterliebe |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Jörg Demus, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer Siegmund Nimsgern, Duke Bluebeard, Baritone Tatiana Troyanos, Judith, Mezzo soprano |
| Myrthen, Movement: No. 2, Freisinn (wds. Goethe) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Günther Weissenborn, Piano Ileana Cotrubas, Violetta, Soprano Paul Friess, Servant, Tenor Plácido Domingo, Alfredo Germont, Tenor Robert Schumann, Composer |
| Myrthen, Movement: No. 8, Talismane (wds. Goethe) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Günther Weissenborn, Piano Mario Del Monaco, Don José, Tenor Regina Resnik, Carmen, Soprano Regina Resnik, Carmen, Mezzo soprano Regina Resnik, Carmen, Soprano Robert Merrill, The Poet, Baritone Robert Schumann, Composer |
| Myrthen, Movement: No. 17, Venetianische Lied I (wds. Moore, trans. Freiligrath) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Annelies Burmeister, Fricka, Mezzo soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Günther Weissenborn, Piano Helen Watts, Sorceress, Mezzo soprano Maurice Bevan, Aeneas Robert Schumann, Composer |
| Myrthen, Movement: No. 18, Venetianische Lied II (wds. Moore, trans. Freiligrath) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Günther Weissenborn, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer Siegmund Nimsgern, Duke Bluebeard, Baritone Tatiana Troyanos, Judith, Mezzo soprano |
| Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: No. 22, Des Sennen Abschied (wds. Schiller) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Günther Weissenborn, Piano Jeanne Sevchenco, Naitooma Jeanne Sevchenco, Naitooma Jeanne Sevchenco, Naitooma Mart Sander, Vereker Mart Sander, Vereker Mart Sander, Vereker René Soom, Smith René Soom, Smith René Soom, Smith Robert Schumann, Composer |
| Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: Schneeglöckchen (wds. Rückert) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Annika Tônuri, Phoebe Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Günther Weissenborn, Piano Oliver Kuusik, Prince Carlo Oliver Kuusik, Prince Carlo Oliver Kuusik, Prince Carlo René Soom, Jeremiah René Soom, Jeremiah René Soom, Jeremiah Robert Schumann, Composer |
| (12) Gedichte |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Alfredo Giacomotti, Marquis, Bass Bruno Grella, Baron, Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Günther Weissenborn, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer Walter Gullino, Gastone, Tenor Walter Gullino, Gastone, Tenor Walter Gullino, Gastone, Tenor |
| (15) Romanzen aus 'Die schöne Magelone' |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Alan Ewing, Achilla, Bass Bejun Mehta, Ptolemy, Alto Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johannes Brahms, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Pascal Bertin, Nireno, Alto |
| (6) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Sommerabend (wds. Heine) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johannes Brahms, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Luciano Pavarotti, Riccardo, Tenor Regina Resnik, Countess, Soprano Regina Resnik, Countess, Mezzo soprano Regina Resnik, Countess, Soprano Waldemar Kmentt, Eisenstein, Tenor |
| (6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Mondenschein (wds. Heine) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johannes Brahms, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano José Carreras, Paco, Tenor Juan Pons, Uncle Sarvaor, Baritone Ramon Contreras, Manuel |
| (5) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze! (wds. |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Bass Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Johannes Brahms, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor |
| (4) Lieder, Movement: Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht (wds. Heine) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johannes Brahms, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Regina Resnik, Azucena, Mezzo soprano Regina Resnik, Ulrica, Soprano Regina Resnik, Ulrica, Soprano Regina Resnik, Brangäne, Mezzo soprano Regina Resnik, Brangäne, Soprano Regina Resnik, Brangäne, Soprano Regina Resnik, Azucena, Soprano Regina Resnik, Azucena, Soprano Regina Resnik, Ulrica, Contralto (Female alto) |
| (4) Lieder, Movement: Es schauen die Blumen (wds. Heine) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Anne Sofie von Otter, Sesto, Soprano Bejun Mehta, Ptolemy, Alto Charlotte Hellekant, Cornelia, Contralto (Female alto) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johannes Brahms, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano |
| (4) Lieder, Movement: Meerfahrt (wds. Heine) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johannes Brahms, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Regina Resnik, Dalila, Soprano Regina Resnik, Fricka, Mezzo soprano Regina Resnik, Fricka, Soprano Regina Resnik, Dalila, Soprano Regina Resnik, Fricka, Soprano Regina Resnik, Dalila, Mezzo soprano |
| (5) Neapolitanische Lieder |
Hans Werner Henze, Composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (members) Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Erwin Wohlfahrt, Mime, Tenor Hans Werner Henze, Composer Hilde Leidland, Flower Maiden III, Soprano Richard Kraus, Conductor |
| (The) Creation |
Wolfgang Fortner, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Conductor Hilde Leidland, Flower Maiden III, Soprano Margit Neubauer, Flower Maiden VI, Soprano North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Waltraud Meier, Kundry, Mezzo soprano Wolfgang Fortner, Composer |
| (6) Monologe aus Jedermann |
Frank Martin, Composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Cato Fordham, Gay Brook Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Frank Martin, Conductor Frank Martin, Composer Robert Lloyd, Black Bob, Tom, Baritone Robert Tear, Clem, Alfred, Tenor |
| (Der) Sturm, Movement: Overture |
Frank Martin, Composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Fedora Barbieri, Mistress Quickly, Mezzo soprano Fernando Corena, Falstaff, Baritone Frank Martin, Conductor Frank Martin, Composer Ilva Ligabue, Alice Ford, Soprano |
| (Der) Sturm, Movement: Mein Ariel: Hast du der Luft nur ist |
Frank Martin, Composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Frank Martin, Conductor Frank Martin, Composer Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Bass Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor |
| (Der) Sturm, Movement: Hin sind meine Zauberei'n |
Frank Martin, Composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Frank Martin, Composer Frank Martin, Conductor Mart Sander, Vereker Mart Sander, Vereker Mart Sander, Vereker Pirjo Levandi, Eileen Pirjo Levandi, Eileen Pirjo Levandi, Eileen René Soom, Smith René Soom, Smith René Soom, Smith |
| Orphée et Eurydice |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Alicia Nafé, Grandmother, Soprano Alicia Nafé, Grandmother, Soprano Alicia Nafé, Grandmother, Soprano Berlin Motet Choir Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir Christoph Gluck, Composer Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Paloma Perez Iñigo, Carmela Paloma Perez Iñigo, Street Vendor III Paloma Perez Iñigo, Carmela Paloma Perez Iñigo, Street Vendor III Paloma Perez Iñigo, Street Vendor III Paloma Perez Iñigo, Carmela |
| Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Anna Reynolds, Magdalene, Mezzo soprano Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Georges Bizet, Composer Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Bass Hans Stricker, David, Tenor |
| Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Charles-François Gounod, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Fedora Barbieri, Mistress Quickly, Mezzo soprano Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Fernando Corena, Falstaff, Baritone Ilva Ligabue, Alice Ford, Soprano |
| (Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Anton Diakov, Prince Nikolai, Bass Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Georges Bizet, Composer Katherine Ciesinski, Sonya, Mezzo soprano Stefania Toczyska, Helena, Mezzo soprano |
| Guillaume Tell, Movement: Sois immobile, et vers la terre (Resta immobile) |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Deborah Sasson, Flower Maiden I, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Gioachino Rossini, Composer Matti Salminen, Titurel, Bass Susan Roberts, Flower Maiden II, Soprano |
| (La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Galina Vichnievskaya, Natasha Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Richard Holm, Bastien, Tenor Rita Streich, Bastienne, Soprano |
| (La) traviata, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone |
| Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~ |
Umberto Giordano, Composer
Annelies Burmeister, Fricka, Mezzo soprano Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Helen Watts, Sorceress, Mezzo soprano Maurice Bevan, Aeneas Umberto Giordano, Composer |
| Pagliacci, 'Players', Movement: Si può? (Prologue) |
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor Leonie Rysanek, Sieglinde, Soprano Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone |
| Menschenfeindlich |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Manuel Cid, Voice in smithy; Voice in distance; voice of haw Manuel Mairena, Singer Paloma Perez Iñigo, Street Vendor III Paloma Perez Iñigo, Street Vendor III Paloma Perez Iñigo, Street Vendor III |
| Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Alicia Nafé, Street Vendor II, Soprano Alicia Nafé, Street Vendor II, Soprano Alicia Nafé, Street Vendor II, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer José Carreras, Paco, Tenor Karl Engel, Piano Ramon Contreras, Manuel |
| (Die) Rose, die Lilie, die Taube |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone |
| Komm! Du schönes Fischermädchen |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Annelies Burmeister, Fricka, Mezzo soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Magdalena Kozená, Cleopatra, Soprano Marijana Mijanovic, Giulio Cesare, Alto |
| (Der) Garten des Herzens |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Fritz Uhl, Tristan, Tenor Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Regina Resnik, Brangäne, Mezzo soprano |
| (Le) Poète mourant |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Arnold Van Mill, King Marke, Bass Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Ernst Kozub, Melot, Tenor Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Tom Krause, Kurwenal, Baritone |
| Sie und ich |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Anton Diakov, Prince Nikolai, Bass Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Eduard Tumagian, Napoleon, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Katherine Ciesinski, Sonya, Mezzo soprano |
| Sicilienne |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Nicolai Gedda, Anatol Kuragin, Tenor Stefania Toczyska, Helena, Mezzo soprano Wieslaw Ochman, Pierre Bezoukhov, Tenor |
| Scirocco |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Alison Browner, Flower Maiden V, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Monika Schmitt, Flower Maiden IV, Soprano Susan Roberts, Flower Maiden II, Soprano |
| Viens, Mina viens |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Peter Klein, Shepherd, Tenor Theodore Kirschbichler, Steersman, Baritone Waldemar Kmentt, Young Sailor, Tenor |
| Ständchen |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Annelies Burmeister, Fricka, Mezzo soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor |
| (Die) Rosenblätter |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Josef Greindl, Hagen, Bass Karl Engel, Piano Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor |
| Sonntagslied |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Bass Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Karl Engel, Piano Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor |
| Cantique du trappiste |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Gustav Neidlinger, Alberich, Bass Hermin Esser, Froh, Tenor Karl Engel, Piano Karl Ridderbusch, Hans Sachs, Bass |
| Gott |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Anton Diakov, Prince Nikolai, Bass Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Eduard Tumagian, Napoleon, Baritone Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Katherine Ciesinski, Sonya, Mezzo soprano |
| (Die) Schöne Nacht |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Nicolai Gedda, Anatol Kuragin, Tenor Stefania Toczyska, Helena, Mezzo soprano Wieslaw Ochman, Pierre Bezoukhov, Tenor |
| Mut |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orphée, Tenor Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Maria Stader, Eurydice, Soprano Rita Streich, Amour, Soprano |
| Aus Euphrosyne |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Josef Greindl, Hagen, Bass Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor |
| Aus Alexis und Dora |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Anna Reynolds, Magdalene, Mezzo soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Bass Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Hans Stricker, David, Tenor Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano |
| Aus Harzreise im Winter |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Hermin Esser, Froh, Tenor Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor |
| Lila |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hans Sotin, Gurnemanz, Bass Hans Sotin, Gurnemanz, Bass Hans Sotin, Gurnemanz, Bass Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Peter Hofmann, Parsifal, Tenor Simon Estes, Amfortas, Baritone |
| Einschränkung |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Fritz Uhl, Tristan, Tenor Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Regina Resnik, Brangäne, Mezzo soprano |
| An Lotte |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Leonie Rysanek, Sieglinde, Soprano Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone |
| Rastlose Liebe |
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Composer
Annelies Burmeister, Fricka, Mezzo soprano Carl Friedrich Zelter, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orphée, Tenor Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone |
| Um Mitternacht |
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Composer
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Maria Paunova, Maria Misha Raitzin, Platon Karatayev, Tenor Vladimir de Kanel, Dolokhov, Baritone |
| Gleich und Gleich |
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Composer
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Eduard Tumagian, Napoleon, Baritone Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Malcolm Smith, Denisov, Bass Nikola Ghiuselev, Marshal Kutuzov, Bass |
| Wo geht's Liebchen, 'Mailied' |
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Composer
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Galina Vichnievskaya, Natasha Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Richard Holm, Bastien, Tenor Rita Streich, Bastienne, Soprano |
| Auf dem Lande und in der Stadt |
Anna Amalia von Preussen, Composer
Anna Amalia von Preussen, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Paloma Perez Iñigo, Carmela Paloma Perez Iñigo, Carmela Paloma Perez Iñigo, Carmela Teresa Berganza, Salud, Soprano Toni Blankenheim, Colas, Baritone |
| Sie scheinen zu spielen |
Anna Amalia von Preussen, Composer
Anna Amalia von Preussen, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orphée, Tenor Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Juan Pons, Uncle Sarvaor, Baritone Ramon Contreras, Manuel |
| Romanze |
Karl Siegmund Seckendorff, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Karl Siegmund Seckendorff, Composer Maria Stader, Eurydice, Soprano Rita Streich, Amour, Soprano |
| Serenade |
Christian Gottlob Neefe, Composer
Christian Gottlob Neefe, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Margit Neubauer, Flower Maiden VI, Soprano Matti Salminen, Titurel, Bass Waltraud Meier, Kundry, Mezzo soprano |
| Mit Mädeln sich vertragen |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Deborah Sasson, Flower Maiden I, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Monika Schmitt, Flower Maiden IV, Soprano Susan Roberts, Flower Maiden II, Soprano |
| Songs from Goethe's Faust, Movement: Ein Bettler vor dem Tor |
Conradin Kreutzer, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Conradin Kreutzer, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Fritz Uhl, Tristan, Tenor Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Simon Estes, Amfortas, Baritone |
| Zur Logenfeier |
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Composer
Arnold Van Mill, King Marke, Bass Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Composer Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Regina Resnik, Brangäne, Mezzo soprano Tom Krause, Kurwenal, Baritone |
| Aus Faust |
Bettina Brentano (-von Arnim), Composer
Bettina Brentano (-von Arnim), Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Bass Gerd Nienstedt, Donner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Loge, Tenor |
| (7) Faust Lieder, Movement: Branders Lied: Es war eine Ratt im Kellernest |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gustav Neidlinger, Alberich, Bass Hermin Esser, Froh, Tenor Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Karl Ridderbusch, Hans Sachs, Bass Richard Wagner, Composer |
| (7) Faust Lieder, Movement: Lied des Mephistopheles 1: Es war einmal ein Kön |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Jörg Demus, Fortepiano Richard Wagner, Composer Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone Theo Adam, Wotan, Baritone |
| Sonetti e canzoni di Petrarca, Movement: Canzon, s'al dolce loco la donna nostra vedi |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Annelies Burmeister, Fricka, Mezzo soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Brünnhilde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor Wolfgang Windgassen, Siegfried, Tenor |
| Sonetti e canzoni di Petrarca, Movement: Erano i capei d'oro |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Deborah Sasson, Flower Maiden I, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Matti Salminen, Titurel, Bass Waltraud Meier, Kundry, Mezzo soprano |
| Sonetti e canzoni di Petrarca, Movement: O poggi, o valli, o fiume, o selve, o campi |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Alison Browner, Flower Maiden V, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Monika Schmitt, Flower Maiden IV, Soprano Susan Roberts, Flower Maiden II, Soprano |
| Sonetti e canzoni di Petrarca, Movement: Più volta già dal bel sembiante umano |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hans Sotin, Gurnemanz, Bass Hans Sotin, Gurnemanz, Bass Hans Sotin, Gurnemanz, Bass Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Peter Hofmann, Parsifal, Tenor Simon Estes, Amfortas, Baritone |
| Sonetti e canzoni di Petrarca, Movement: Di tempo in tempo mi si fa men dura |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Birgit Nilsson, Isolde, Soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Fritz Uhl, Tristan, Tenor Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano Regina Resnik, Brangäne, Mezzo soprano |
| Sonetti e canzoni di Petrarca, Movement: Or ch 'l ciel e la terra, e 'l vento tace |
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer
Anna Reynolds, Magdalene, Mezzo soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Bass Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Gerd Nienstedt, Kothner, Baritone Hans Stricker, David, Tenor Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Composer Jörg Demus, Piano |
Author: Alan Blyth
If some virgin ear drawn to inspired singing were to ask why that protean artist Fischer-Dieskau was considered such a genius, I would at once point him towards the second CD of this nine-disc survey of his early career. Most specifically I would direct him to the selection of Wolf’s Italian Songbook recorded when Fischer-Dieskau was only 24, with an early mentor, Hertha Klust, at the piano. Here are some of the greatest love songs ever written delivered with a technical command, beauty of tone and spontaneous passion that left even this old reviewer deeply moved and exhilarated. To be sure, the baritone returned to this repertory on disc several times but never with quite this direct effect. Here, too, is his early recording of Brahms’s Four Serious Songs (reviewed on a separate issue last month), a reading that has the same immediacy as the Wolf in a very different context.
Then, showing the singer in quite another context on the same disc, we find him as Ford in 1951 encountering Falstaff, albeit in German, in their Act 2 duet from Verdi’s opera, with Josef Metternich, then a leading interpreter of Italian opera in Germany, as a characterful Fat Knight. F-D sings Ford’s monologue with an overwhelming bitterness. The final item on this disc, from 1949, has elating extracts from Carmina Burana. At once we have a picture of the man’s extraordinary range of repertory and voice.
The latter two items have Ferenc Fricsay as conductor, such a notable influence on the singer’s career during this early period. Indeed, on disc seven, in a later (1961) recording we have Fricsay and his Berlin Radio Symphony, now in stereo, giving F-D magnificent support in arias from the French and Italian repertory. William Tell’s advice to his son just before the apple-shooting and Tonio’s Prologue from Pagliacci evince the baritone’s faultless Italian, Valentin’s Invocation from Faust among others his admirable French. To say, as many have done, that the artist wasn’t quite idiomatic in either area is rather to miss the point: take him on his own terms, while putting aside your favourite French and Italian singers, and you hear an interpreter who has thought himself, in his own highly individual way, into the required style.
His alliance with Fricsay is much less happily represented by their complete recording of Gluck’s Orfeo of 1956. This is stylistically anachronistic and heavily Germanic (the opera is given in German) and only the ever-delightful Rita Streich as Amor lightens the mood. On the other hand, the five arias Fischer-Dieskau recorded with Karl Böhm from Handel’s Giulio Cesare (1960) in Italian are surprisingly convincing. Of course taking the music an octave down has its drawbacks but Fischer-Dieskau obviates them by his stylistically correct and inward performances.Another interesting disc is the one devoted by the singer to new music of his time. This includes Henze’s beguiling Five Neapolitan Songs, Fortner’s rather uninviting cycle The Creation to English texts by James Weldon Johnson, and – most welcome – Frank Martin’s Six Monologues from Jedermann and two of Prospero’s solos from The Tempest, great settings by any standard. All are, predictably, given intense advocacy by Fischer-Dieskau. But – and it is a huge drawback – DG has made the incomprehensible decision to exclude texts and translations, debilitating here and throughout, not least in the final disc, where Fischer-Dieskau talks about his life and work in a 1960 interview.
Last but very much not least is a heap of Lieder, other than the Wolf already referred to. We have the singer’s early researches into songs by many little-known composers, his unearthing of Meyerbeer Lieder and much else. These supplement his Schumann, including the Dichterliebe with Demus, already on ‘An die Musik’ (DG, 6/05), a lovely account of the Kerner Lieder with Günther Weissenborn from 1957, and Brahms’s Die schöne Magelone with Demus again in the same year, making an interesting comparison with the baritone’s later recording with Richter from the 1970s.
This highly eclectic archival programme will be wanted by anyone with a interest in the singer’s early career. The choice has been made with his full acquiescence. One must only regret that absence of the words.
Then, showing the singer in quite another context on the same disc, we find him as Ford in 1951 encountering Falstaff, albeit in German, in their Act 2 duet from Verdi’s opera, with Josef Metternich, then a leading interpreter of Italian opera in Germany, as a characterful Fat Knight. F-D sings Ford’s monologue with an overwhelming bitterness. The final item on this disc, from 1949, has elating extracts from Carmina Burana. At once we have a picture of the man’s extraordinary range of repertory and voice.
The latter two items have Ferenc Fricsay as conductor, such a notable influence on the singer’s career during this early period. Indeed, on disc seven, in a later (1961) recording we have Fricsay and his Berlin Radio Symphony, now in stereo, giving F-D magnificent support in arias from the French and Italian repertory. William Tell’s advice to his son just before the apple-shooting and Tonio’s Prologue from Pagliacci evince the baritone’s faultless Italian, Valentin’s Invocation from Faust among others his admirable French. To say, as many have done, that the artist wasn’t quite idiomatic in either area is rather to miss the point: take him on his own terms, while putting aside your favourite French and Italian singers, and you hear an interpreter who has thought himself, in his own highly individual way, into the required style.
His alliance with Fricsay is much less happily represented by their complete recording of Gluck’s Orfeo of 1956. This is stylistically anachronistic and heavily Germanic (the opera is given in German) and only the ever-delightful Rita Streich as Amor lightens the mood. On the other hand, the five arias Fischer-Dieskau recorded with Karl Böhm from Handel’s Giulio Cesare (1960) in Italian are surprisingly convincing. Of course taking the music an octave down has its drawbacks but Fischer-Dieskau obviates them by his stylistically correct and inward performances.Another interesting disc is the one devoted by the singer to new music of his time. This includes Henze’s beguiling Five Neapolitan Songs, Fortner’s rather uninviting cycle The Creation to English texts by James Weldon Johnson, and – most welcome – Frank Martin’s Six Monologues from Jedermann and two of Prospero’s solos from The Tempest, great settings by any standard. All are, predictably, given intense advocacy by Fischer-Dieskau. But – and it is a huge drawback – DG has made the incomprehensible decision to exclude texts and translations, debilitating here and throughout, not least in the final disc, where Fischer-Dieskau talks about his life and work in a 1960 interview.
Last but very much not least is a heap of Lieder, other than the Wolf already referred to. We have the singer’s early researches into songs by many little-known composers, his unearthing of Meyerbeer Lieder and much else. These supplement his Schumann, including the Dichterliebe with Demus, already on ‘An die Musik’ (DG, 6/05), a lovely account of the Kerner Lieder with Günther Weissenborn from 1957, and Brahms’s Die schöne Magelone with Demus again in the same year, making an interesting comparison with the baritone’s later recording with Richter from the 1970s.
This highly eclectic archival programme will be wanted by anyone with a interest in the singer’s early career. The choice has been made with his full acquiescence. One must only regret that absence of the words.
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