Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bountiful German Baritone, Dies at 86

The New York Times ^ | May 18, 2012 | Daniel Lewis

[EveningStar]

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the German baritone whose beautiful voice and mastery of technique made him the 20th century’s pre-eminent interpreter of art songs, died on Friday at his home in Bavaria. He was 86.

[AnAmericanMother]

Except in the case of THIS song, which should be accompanied by a painting by Dali:

"Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt" (St Anthony of Padua's Fish-Preaching)

[Publius]

LOL

Mahler used that song very effectively as the scherzo of his Second Symphony.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yep, like Handel and Mozart, he believed in recycling!

[Publius]

Brahms: "Ein Deutsches Requiem": "Herr, lehre doch mich"

Fischer-Dieskau, conducted by Klemperer.

[TXnMA]

MCSP2008.

I extend my personal welcome to FR...

I find that you have already contributed several worthwhile insights not usually found here. :-)

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[Norman Bates]

A legend of classical music. He will be sorely missed.

[Publius]

Schumann: "Rose, Meer und Sonne"

Sung by Fischer-Dieskau. This is Schumann writing in his blockbuster mode.

[AnAmericanMother]

Not as up on Brahms as I should be - don't think we've ever sung the Requiem - although I think my daughter did at Davidson College.

That is very fine. What a voice!

[TXnMA]

Resetting my tagline...

[Publius]

Brahms could write instant folk music. When you hear the chorale setting of "How lovely are your dwelling places" from the Requiem, the initial reaction is, "Brahms wrote that?"

At the first performance in Dresden, the audience was in tears during that fourth movement. Clara Schumann, who had just lost Robert, was crying like a baby.

[dennisw]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlL3y3j8ofc

Hilarious!

[Publius]

Schubert: "Fischerweise"

Fischer-Dieskau sings one of my favorite Schubert songs.

[MCSP2008]

Salve

That man was like Pavorotti, an excelent voice. He is missed in of familia in Bawaria.

Merci

[Hiddigeigei]

Prey, Wunderlich, Schock, Fischer-Dieskau...who’s left of the great Kammersaeger?

[Hiddigeigei]

Kammersaeger = Kammersaenger

[Publius]

Kammersänger.

ALT + NUM LOCK + 0228 für den "a" mit umlaut.

Thanks to the hard work of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at their lieder school at Aldeburgh, there is a new generation out there making a name for itself. They left a good legacy.

[mojito]

A giant, and one of the last who was a living link to the great German/Austrian tradition.

We won’t see his kind again.

RIP.

[onedoug]

I’ll always remember his lyric baritone in Der Winterreise.

RIP Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

[Publius]

Schubert: "Gute Nacht" from "Winterreise"

Von Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau gesungen.

[sitetest]

Dear EveningStar,

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sitetest