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Schubert: Lieder, Volume 1, 171 songs, 12 LPs; Volume II, 234 songs; 13 LPs (Deutsche Grammophon). Schubert was a better song writer than even Bob Dylan; here is the irrefutable evidence from the master of Lied, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau...
...opera-lover's paradise, with no fewer than 13 works by composers ranging from Mozart, Verdi and Wagner to Native Son Richard Strauss and a première by Czechoslovakia's Ján Cikker. For chamber music buffs there will be Liederabende by Baritones Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Hermann Prey. Another series of chamber music by Bach, Gabrieli, Gesualdo, Telemann, Haydn, Mozart and Scarlatti will be presented by small instrumental and vocal ensembles in the elegant 18th century Nymphenburg Palace (through July...
...KNABEN WUNDERHORN, ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF, DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU, GEORGE SZELL CONDUCTING THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Angel). Though not a happy composer, Mahler could be light-hearted when he turned to folk poetry. In these twelve songs-drawn from the German folk anthology The Youth's Magic Horn-he conjures up an impish world of humorous saints, sorrowful drummer boys, cuckoos and nightingales. As one would expect from such a line-up of talent, this version abounds with interpretive delights. It does not, however, outclass Angel's previous recording by Janet Baker, Geraint Evans and Conductor Wyn Morris with...
...DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST (Angel). This collection of lieder, arias and assorted other snippets gives a fair indication of Fischer-Dieskau's tal ent. He is a meticulous singer who never sloughs off a nuance or fuzzes an accent. Though his baritone is aptly described as dry rather than warm, he has range and power to spare. Lieder are his forte, but this disk demonstrates a thoroughgoing comprehension of opera as well...
Married. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 43, famed German lieder singer; and Christina Pugell, 24, daughter of a Manhattan voice teacher whom he met during a 1967 U.S. tour; he for the third time (his first wife died in 1963; his second marriage ended in divorce last year); in West Berlin...