Schumann Dichterliebe & Kerner-Lieder

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Composer or Director: Robert Schumann

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Liederkreis Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Spanisches Liederspiel, Movement: No. 6, Melancholie (S) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Spanisches Liederspiel, Movement: Geständis (T) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Spanisches Liederspiel, Movement: Der Kontrabandiste (Bar) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: Zigeunerliedchen (wds. Geibel) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Spanische Liebeslieder, Movement: Tief im Herzen trag ich Pein (S) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Spanische Liebeslieder, Movement: O wie lieblich ist das Mädchen (T) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Spanische Liebeslieder, Movement: Flutenreicher Ebro, 'Romanze' (bar) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Spanische Liebeslieder, Movement: Weh, wie zornig ist das Mädchen (T) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Lieder und Gesänge II, Movement: No. 1, Sehnsucht (wds. Geibel) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
(3) Gedichte, Movement: Der Hidalgo Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 1, Widmung (wds. Rückert) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 3, Der Nussbaum (wds. Mosen) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 5, Lied aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan I (wds. Goethe) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 6, Lied aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan II (wds. Goethe) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 7, Die Lotosblume (wds. Heine) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 15, Aus den hebräischen Gesängen (wds. Byron, trans. Körner) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 21, Was will die einsame Träne? (wds. Heine) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 24, Du bist wie eine Blume (wds. Heine) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 26, Zum Schluss (wds. Rückert) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Romanzen und Balladen II, Movement: No. 1, Die beiden Grenadiere (wds. Heine) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Romanzen und Balladen II, Movement: No. 2, Die feindlichen Brüder (wds. Heine) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Romanzen und Balladen I, Movement: No. 3, Abends am Strand (wds. Heine) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Minnespiel, Movement: No. 4, Mein schöner Stern! (T) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
(4) Gesänge, Movement: No. 4, Mein Wagen rollet langsam (wds. Heine) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer

Composer or Director: Ludwig van Beethoven

Label: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Edition

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An die ferne Geliebte Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Adelaide Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Zärtliche Liebe, 'Ich liebe dich' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(4) Ariettas and a Duet, Movement: L'amante impatiente arietta buffa (wds. Metastasio Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(4) Ariettas and a Duet, Movement: L'amante impatiente arietta assai seriosa (wds. Me Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(Der) Kuss Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
In questa tomba oscura Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(8) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Maigesang: Mailied (wds. Goethe) Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(8) Lieder, Movement: No. 7, Marmotte (wds. Goethe) Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(2) Lieder Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Andenken Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(Der) Wachtelschlag Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 3, Aus Goethes Faust: Es war einmal ein Köniorus) Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(3) Lieder Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
An die Hoffnung Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Lied aus der Ferne Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(Der) Jüngling in der Fremde Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
(Der) Liebende Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer

Composer or Director: Robert Schumann

Label: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Edition

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Dichterliebe Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Jörg Demus, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
(12) Gedichte Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Günther Weissenborn, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 2, Freisinn (wds. Goethe) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Günther Weissenborn, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 8, Talismane (wds. Goethe) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Günther Weissenborn, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 17, Venetianische Lied I (wds. Moore, trans. Freiligrath) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Günther Weissenborn, Piano
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
Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: Schneeglöckchen (wds. Rückert) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Günther Weissenborn, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: No. 22, Des Sennen Abschied (wds. Schiller) Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Günther Weissenborn, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
(6) Gedichte, Movement: No. 2, Ständchen Robert Schumann, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Günther Weissenborn, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer

Composer or Director: Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf

Label: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Edition

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Mörike Lieder, Movement: Peregrina I Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Peregrina II Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Lebe wohl Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Der Jäger Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Der Feuerreiter Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Storchenbotschaft Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Bei einer Trauung Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Abschied Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Der Genesene an die Hoffnung Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Jägerlied Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Begegnung Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Fussreise Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Verborgenheit Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Im Frühling Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Auf einer Wanderung Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: In der Frühe Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Neue Liebe Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: An die Geliebte Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Sviatoslav Richter, Piano

Composer or Director: Franz Liszt

Label: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Edition

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Es muss ein Wunderbares sein Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(3) Sonetti di Petrarca Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
Oh! quand je dors Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(Die) Drei Zigeuner Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(Die) Vätergruft Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(3) Songs from Wilhelm Tell, Movement: Der Alpenjäger Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
Blume und Duft Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
Vergiftet sind meine Lieder Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
J'ai perdu ma force et ma vie Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
Ihr Glocken von Marling Franz Liszt, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
Hohe Liebe Franz Liszt, Composer
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst Franz Liszt, Composer
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Im Rhein im schönen Strome Franz Liszt, Composer
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
(Ein) Fichtenbaum steht einsam Franz Liszt, Composer
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
Morgens steh' ich auf und frage Franz Liszt, Composer
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer
(Der) Traurige Mönch Franz Liszt, Composer
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Franz Liszt, Composer

Composer or Director: Johannes Brahms

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(4) Ernste Gesänge, 'Four Serious Songs' Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Sommerabend (wds. Heine) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Mondenschein (wds. Heine) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 5, Frühlingslied (wds. Geibel) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze! (wds. Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(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
(4) Lieder, Movement: Es schauen die Blumen (wds. Heine) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(4) Lieder, Movement: Meerfahrt (wds. Heine) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Mit vierzig Jahren ist der Berg (wds. Rüc Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Steig auf, geliebter Schatten (wds. Halm) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 3, Mein Herz ist schwer (wds. Geibel) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 5, Kein Haus, keine Heimat (wds. Halm) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(7) Lieder, Movement: Herbstgefühl (wds. Schack) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Alte Liebe (wds. Candidus) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Verzagen (wds. Lemcke) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 5, Abenddämmerung (wds. Schack) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(9) Lieder, Movement: No. 8, Heimweh II - O wüsst ich doch den Weg zur. Groth) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Auf dem Kirchhofe (wds. Liliencron) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(8) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Auf dem See (wds. Simrock) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(8) Lieder, Movement: No. 3, Regenlied (wds. Groth) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(8) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Nachklang (wds. Groth) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Feldeinsamkeit (wds. Allmers) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Jörg Demus, Piano
It is possible (though I don't quite see how) to love Fischer-Dieskau's records and not particularly want to play them. There must be some fault in the logic of that, you might think, but it is true of myself and may well be of others. It's a bit like reading Joseph Conrad: I admire and enjoy him when I start and yet it is a good many years since I last started. Why it should be so with Fischer-Dieskau may have to do with the very fact that his 75th birthday can be celebrated in such a way - 21 volumes of him, and those merely a selection of his recordings for one company. There is nothing like perpetual and plentiful availability for encouraging the thief of time. 'Tomorrow, 'one says. But, if so, can one really talk of 'love'? And if not, how come that each of these seven discs before me now has quickened the heart as though to greet an old love, the potency of which is attested by recognition and renewed discovery?
The very first minutes of the first track of the first disc show it to be so. An die ferne Geliebte straightway warms the heart and dispels any notion that Fischer-Dieskau's 'intellectualism' comes between the listener and the song. As it happened, I had not long before been listening to a Beethoven recital by Peter Schreier in which the cycle had been sung as it were by Florestan, a man in the extremity of emotional tension. Fischer-Dieskau is more moderate, less conceptualised, more responsive to the prevailing major tonality and no less subtle or moving therefore. Beautiful, for instance, is the way in which the saddened end of No 3 ('meine Tranen ohne Zahl') leads blissfully into No 4 ('Diese Wolken in den Hohen'). And the other delightful reassurance of this recital comes with the quality of his voice, surely at its best around this time, in the mid-1960s.
These records are also the fine product of a particularly fruitful collaboration. Jorg Demus has a touch, a refinement of tone, that distinguishes him as a pianist in his own right; but, more important here, he is a genuine, listening accompanist. In the Beethoven recital, Sehnsucht (Op 83) is a good example of the understanding between singer and pianist; in the Schumann discs, the Byron setting from Hebrew Melodies (Aus den hebraischen Gesangen) and 'Zu Augsburg steht ein hohes Haus' (Stirb, Lieb und Freud) with its subdued carillon, expertly balanced, are similarly impressive. Rather in the same style, Ihr Glocken von Marling has the bells magically distanced, a lovely example of Demus's work in the Liszt recital. When Barenboim takes over and the year of recording advances to 1981 the continuity is surprising (a wonderful delicacy, for instance, in Hohe Liebe and the rippling Im Rhein, Liszt's being so very different from Schumann's setting). But the pervasive flavour in these present records is of Demus, and I find it very much to my taste.
The pianist of the Wolf-Morike recital is Sviatoslav Richter, to whom fall some of the most fearsome virtuoso 'accompaniments', which, with the resounding celebrity of his name, should convince even the most singer-orientated of listeners that the two performers in such songs are of equal importance. Not that Richter necessarily plays his part better than would the regular 'accompanists': he hardly starts out on the Fussreise with the jaunty step of one who has been on this journey many times and in good company. Yet mostly the partnership is genuine and sometimes inspired, as in In der Fruhe and Im Fruhling, where Fischer-Dieskau communicates so eloquently that the yearning hardly needs words to express it, and where Richter's musing interlude seems to carry its own text.
Out of the seven discs, however, this would not be first choice. I'd come back to the two Schumanns, particularly to the Heine Liederkreis (463 506-2GFD), each song bringing a special delight (as the dream creeps into the heart in No 3, or the carpenter in the background of No 4 hammers home the coffin-nails). Or there is the Brahms to consider, with the Vier ernste Gesange passing all the tests, including real (not just formal) sensitivity to the meltingly beautiful change to major key in No 3. Fine, too, in similar mode, is Herbstgefuhl, and, contrastingly, the rich outcome of Alte Liebe. But if restricted to a single choice it might well be the Liszt. This brings many wonders (the breadth, smoothness and affection, for example, of Oh, quand je dors) ; but almost worth the price of the whole disc are the three Petrarch sonnets. If we find a new Fischer-Dieskau here, perhaps it is because he has drunk deep of the liberating language. 'Tanta dolcezza avea pien d'aer e 'l vento' he sings in the last line, and we feel that the dolcezza and the passione too have never been more potent. It seems strange that at the end of this journey through the realm of German song with a supreme master we should choose by way of a souvenir something so very unGermanic. But perhaps it is no more surprising than that we do not play some record or other of Fischer-Dieskau's every day of every year, considering that they are so good and that there are so many of them.
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