tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post5658430292965625441..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012)Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-30843681884710908452012-05-25T23:12:44.772-05:002012-05-25T23:12:44.772-05:00DFD introduced me to the mysteries of German liede...DFD introduced me to the mysteries of German lieder and there's been no looking back. What a consummate artist. Without sounding too melodramatic, one song randomly selected from the complete Schubert box - "Fruhlingsglaube" at the end of disc 12 - really helped me through a very tough period in my life ("now cease thy torment, my poor heart, for all things must be changed"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-51466722325632108162012-05-21T20:24:20.005-05:002012-05-21T20:24:20.005-05:00A friend who avoids the Internet said that we shou...A friend who avoids the Internet said that we should not leave the disc of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004O0UVII/ionarts-20" rel="nofollow">Othmar Schoeck Lieder</a> off this list. This friend, who is also a bass-baritone, recounted a story about meeting Fischer-Dieskau after a performance. When he found out that my friend admired his recordings, he asked which one. When the Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-58815312606807395782012-05-21T09:48:38.890-05:002012-05-21T09:48:38.890-05:00Many of his Bach recordings, especially from the l...Many of his Bach recordings, especially from the late 50s and early 60s (Johannes Passion with Karl Forster, Matthaeus-Passion for Klemperer and Karl Richter, cantatas with Karl Ristenpart and this is just the begining...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-44959742238493196392012-05-19T21:20:54.895-05:002012-05-19T21:20:54.895-05:00Absolutely: the EMI set at the top of this list st...Absolutely: the EMI set at the top of this list stints on the Wolf songs. I think <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005GP5/ionarts-20" rel="nofollow">this</a> is the one you mean. There is a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008ADJQ/ionarts-20" rel="nofollow">Wolf box set</a>, too, that has all of the EMI recordings, oddly packaged with a disc of the orchestral Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-43290801873433261852012-05-19T20:25:20.135-05:002012-05-19T20:25:20.135-05:00The Mörike Lieder of Hugo Wolf in the 1957 recordi...The Mörike Lieder of Hugo Wolf in the 1957 recording with Gerald Moore. Emi Studio Catalog #: 63563.<br /><br />This recording sometimes makes me think that Wolf is an even greater composer of songs than Schubert. Fischer-Dieskau's voice was at its peak and the variety, beauty and originality of the poems bring out the best in both composer and interpreter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com