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Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Sheila Armstrong. Barenboim

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Garrard, Don; Gedda, Nicolai; Pashley, Anne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Orchestra Chorus

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...
Recording information: All Saint's Church, Tooting, London....continue...

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Schubert: 21 Lieder / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Entfernte, D 765; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Der Schiffer, D 536; Der Wanderer, D 649/Op. 65 no 2; Nachtgesang, D 314; Das Zügenglöcklein, D 871; Der Jüngl...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Moore, Gerald [Piano]

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Berlin (1958-05-??&1965-02-??&1965-)....continue...

Schubert: German Mass, D 872; Mass D 167 / Popp, Dallapozza, Fischer-Dieskau. Sawallisch

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Deutsche Messe, D 872; Deutsches Salve Regina ("Sei, Mutter"), for chorus & organ, D. 379; Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; Psalm 92, D 953; Hymne ("Komm, heil'ger Geist"), quartet for male v...
Performers: Dallapozza, Adolf; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hautermann, Karin; Popp, Lucia; Ruggeberg, Erika; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]; Schloter, Elmar
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Herkulessaal, München (1981-1983)....continue...

Weihnachtslieder - Christmas Songs / Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, baritone; Jorg Demus, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-06

Works: Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart: Weihnachtslied der Hirten ("Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du"); Carl Reinecke: Weihnachtslied, for voice & piano, no 17; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for vo...
Performers: Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich

Recording information: Jesus Christ Church, Dahlem, Germany (11/24/1970-11/25/1970)....continue...

The Essential Wagner - highlights from the great operas performed by the artists of EMI Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Die Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tris...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Goldberg, Reiner; Gorr, Rita; Haage, Peter; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marj...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Heger, Robert; Ludwig, Leopold; Jansons, Mariss; Tennstedt, Klaus; Konwitschny, Franz; Schneider, Peter; Cluytens, André; Bender, Heinrich; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...

The operas of Richard Wagner have never been more popular than they are today, and performances of his Ring cycle continue to fill opera houses...continue...

Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Baroque Arias by Stolzel, Tunder, Buxtehude, Bruhns

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-08-28

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, cantata; Franz Tunder: Da mihi, Domine, for bass, 5 strings & continuo; Dietrich Buxtehude: Ich suchte des Nachts, BuxWV 50; Nicolaus Bruhns: ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gerok, Karl; Gohrum-Jennewein, Elise; Hirschfelder, Hermann; Klaiss, Hermann; Krebs, Helmut; Krimm, Bertha; Ott, Marianne; Pratorius, Michael; Rahmig, Werner [Violin]; Schu...

The great bass-baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has been involved with the music of Bach throughout his career. Even as a student, he studied the cantatas and...continue...

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem / Schwarzkopf, Fischer-Dieskau

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Downes, Ralph; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (01/02/1961-04/26/1961)....continue...

The Best of Operetta / Wunderlich, Fassbaender, Gedda, Prey, Rothenberger

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Giuditta; Der Zarewitsch; Das Land des Lächelns; Das Land Des Lächelns; Fred Raymond: Maske In Blau;...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Barabas, Sari; Berry, Walter; Brokmeier, Willi; Dallapozza, Adolf; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Forster, Jurgen...
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi; Allers, Franz; Wallberg, Heinz; Moltkau, Hans; Michalski, Carl; Mattes, Willy

Essential Schubert / Over 2 hours of Schubert's most beautiful melodies

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor 'Unfinished', D759; Symphony no 5 in B flat, D485; Piano Quintet in A 'Trout', D667; Ave Maria; Die schöne Müllerin, D795; String Quintet in C, D956...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Bostridge, Ian; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frantz, Justus...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Heger, Robert; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Chilingirian Quartet; Melos Ensemble of London

Franz Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797 and although he died at the early age of 31 he was a tremendously prolific composer. He...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin [Highlights] / Thomas, Grummer, Fischer-Dieskau, Ludwig, Frick

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Ludwig, Christa; Thomas, Jess; Wiener, Otto
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any. Fischer-Dieskau is a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry
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Recording information: Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria (1962-11-23_1962-11-30&1962-)....continue...

Very Best of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795; Das Lied im Grünen, D 917/Op. 115 no 1; Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3; Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3; Der Jüngli...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; McCracken, James [Tenor Vocal]; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]; Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
Conductors: Szell, George; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Erede, Alberto; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: Academy Of St Martin In The Fields; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berliner Symphoniker; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

50 Best Beethoven / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no ...
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Arrau, Claudio; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baldwin, Dalton; Bar, Olaf; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Chung Trio; Collot, Serge; de los Angeles,...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Sanderling, Kurt; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen; Karajan, Herbert von; Davies, Dennis R.; Boult, Adrian; Galliera, Alceo; Szell, George; ; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London; Nash Ensemble

Schumann: Im Schatten des Waldes

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-03-08

Works: Robert Schumann: Zigeunerleben ("Im Schatten des Waldes"), song for mixed voices & piano (triangle & tambourine ad li; Mich zieht es nach dem Dörfchen hin, Op. 55 no 3; Gesänge (4), Op. 59;...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Brendel, Margot; Breuer, Liane; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ginzel, Reinhart; Henkel, Klaus; Kaltofen, Gisela; Knorrn, Horst-Dieter; Loebner, Wolfgang; Lorenz, Siegfried; Moser, Ed...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt

Schubert: Vocal Duets, Trios & Quartets

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Franz Schubert: Hermann und Thusnelda ("Ha, dort kömmt er"), song for voice & piano, D. 322; Antigone und Oedip, D 542/Op. 6 no 2; Cronnan ("Ich sitz' bei der moosigten Quelle"), song for voice ...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schreier, Peter

Schubert’s solo lieder made his reputation as a composer and overshadowed his subsequent work for two or more voices. Although meant for music making in...continue...

20th Century Classics: Schreker - Chamber Symphony

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Franz Schreker: Chamber Symphony for 23 Instruments in A major; Intermezzo for strings, Op. 8; Die Gezeichneten; Romantic Suite, for orchestra, Op. 14; Die Dunkelheit sinkt schwer wie Blei (Darkness ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hampson, Thomas; Reimann, Aribert
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz; Conlon, James; Luisi, Fabio; Revenaugh, Daniell

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Classical Legends - In Their Own Words

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Spoken Word: Classical Legends in Their Own Words
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bumbry, Grace; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Kissin, Evgeni; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Toml...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Klemperer, Otto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Erede, Alberto; Abbado, Claudio; Muti, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Ashkenazy, Vladi...

Gramophone Magazine
All is co-ordinated by Jon Tolansky...[who] is good at putting things in context and moving the whole presentation along with the seamless legato that...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 8

1 CD / Audite / 2010-05-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Crass, Franz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Kraus, Eberhard; Spoorenberg, Erna
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael

The Eighth is Mahler's most monumental symphony, for it is itself a combination of two enormous choral cantatas; in it, Mahler brings together "Veni, creator...continue...
Recording information: Munich, Kongreásaal des Deutschen Museums (06/24/1970)....continue...

Gluck: Iphigénie in Aulis

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Clam, Leopold; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Krebs, Helmut; Musial, Martha; Reith, Maria; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Buschkötter, Wilhelm; Gaebel, Kurt; Walter, Fried; Ludwig, Leopold

Essential Mozart

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Hor...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Desderi, Claudio; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gedda, Nicolai; Gr...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Welser-Möst, Franz; Leppard,...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members)

Schubert: Famous Lieder

1 CD / Regis Records / 2009-12-02

Works: Franz Schubert: Liebesbotschaft ("Rauschendes Bächlein"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/1; Der Atlas ("Ich unglückselger Atlas"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), ...
Performers: Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Weissenborn, Gunther

"The greatest male (German) Lieder singer of our timecharacteristic beauty of vocal tone and an extraordinarily vivid power of characterization and vocal colouring." - Penguin...continue...

Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie

1 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2009-07-21

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie for soprano, baritone & orchestra, Op. 18
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin

Gemini - Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Ledger, Ameling, Baker, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge

The Gemini Series features an impressive roster of singers, conductors, soloists, and ensembles of international renown, all from the incomparable EMI Classics stable. EMI's rich...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 8, Lieder; Wolf, Henze: Lieder / Fischer-Dieskau, Prey, Zillig, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-10-04

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Hugo Wolf: Eichendorff Lieder; Hans Werner Henze: Neapolitan Songs (5)
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Prey, Hermann
Conductors: Zillig, Winfried; ; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Edition Fischer-Dieskau Vol 5 - Schubert: Winterreise / Fischer-Dieskau, Billing

1 CD / Audite / 2008-09-17

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: Billing, Klaus; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich

Dietrich Fischer-Deiskau recorded Schubert's Winterreise around 30 times: the song cycle remained his life task right into his old age. However, in no other recording...continue...

Edition Fischer-Dieskau Vol 3 - Beethoven: Folksong Arrangements

1 CD / Audite / 2008-07-16

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Scottish Songs (25) for voices & piano trio, Op. 108; Irish Songs (25) for voice & piano trio, WoO 152; Irish Songs (20), WoO 153; Irish Songs (12) for voice & piano trio, WoO 1...
Performers: Eweler, Grete; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Poppen, Irmgard; Raucheisen, Michael
Conductors: Froitzheim, Herbert
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus

Beethoven's arrangements of British folk songs for voice and piano trio are among the wondrous oddities of the repertoire - and tell us a great...continue...

Edition Fischer-Dieskau Vol 2 - Hugo Wolf: Goether Lieder, Spanish Liederbuch (Excerpts)

1 CD / Audite / 2008-06-25

Works: Hugo Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch; Goethe Lieder
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Wille, Rudolf

Throughout his life, even in his early radio recordings, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau probed the great song cycles of Hugo Wolf and retraced their perfect blend of...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics - Mozart, Vivaldi, Debussy, etc

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bayo, María; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graham, Susan; Höll, Hartmut; Heisser, Jean-Fran&cc...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Davis, Andrew; Krivine, Emmanuel; Bühl, Gregor; Parry, David; Nagano, Kent; López-Cobos, Jesús; Gardiner, John Eliot; Serebrier, José; Lombard...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Lyon National Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

Fischer-Dieskau Edition Vol 1 - Hugo Wolf: Mörike Lieder / Klust, Wille

1 CD / Audite / 2008-05-14

Works: Hugo Wolf: Mörike Lieder
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Klust, Hertha; Wille, Rudolf

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau devoted himself to the lieder of Hugo Wolf throughout his entire career. No less successful than his well-known recordings with Gerald Moore and...continue...

Carl Schuricht - Rarities - Mahler, Kodály, Glazunov

1 CD / Archipel / 2007-11-03

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl
Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Gemini - Schubert: Masses, etc / Sawallisch, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 5 in A flat major, D 678; Mass no 4 in C major, D 452/Op. 48; Mass in E flat major, D 950; Tantum ergo in E flat major, D 962; Offertory in B flat major, D 963 "Intende voci"
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Dallapozza, Adolf; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Popp, Lucia; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Bach: Cantatas BWV 4, 56, 82 / Karl Richter

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-02-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 56, "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" BWV 56; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82
Performers: Bilgram, Hedwig; Clement, Manfred; Duft, Herbert; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Kiskalt, Fritz; Kolbinger, Karl; Kuhl, Detlef; Nothas, Walter; Ortner, Franz; Schloter, Elmar
Conductors: Richter, Karl
Ensemble: Munich Bach Orchestra

In addition to the less well known 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen', two of Bach's most important and highly regarded Cantata's 'Christ lag in...continue...

Brahms: Die schöne Magelone, etc / Fischer-Dieskau, et al

1 CD / Audite / 2007-02-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33; Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 86; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 85
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Reutter, Hermann; Weissenborn, Günther

Schumann: Kerner-Lieder / Hertha Klust, Gunther Weibenborn

1 CD / Audite / 2007-02-14

Works: Robert Schumann: Gedichte (12), Op. 35; Liederkreis, Op. 39
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Klust, Hertha; Weissenborn, Günther

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was not yet thirty when he recorded the Schumann song cycles at the studios of West German Radio in the early 1950s. These...continue...

Schubert: Lieder / Fischer-Dieskau, Weissenborn, Klust

1 CD / Audite / 2007-02-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; An die Musik, D 547; An Schwager Kronos, D 369/Op. 19 no 1; Nähe des Geliebten, D 162; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3; Wanderers Nach...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Klust, Hertha; Weissenborn, Gunther

Franz Schubert's production of lieder was not only important for the epoch-making lied edition presented by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau during the late 1960s; already in 1954,...continue...

Schubert: Winterreise / Fischer-Dieskau, Reutter, et al

1 CD / Audite / 2006-12-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Reutter, Hermann

This studio production from 1952 is the second of ten recordings in this cycle made by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau between 1948 and 1990. The baritone's highly...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Opera D'Oro at the Movies / Pavarotti, Callas, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-10-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: N...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Gaifa,...

Opera music can heighten the tension of drama, add passion to a romance, or even underscore the antics of a comedy. Beyond its critical role...continue...

Bach J.s: Cantatas Bwv 4, 202 & 147

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 202
Performers: Buchner, Otto; Buckel, Ursula; Engen, Keith; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hausmann, Kurt; Henker, Fritz; Kesteren, John van; Lachenmeier, Paul
Conductors: Richter, Karl
Ensemble: ; Solistes du Festival Bach d' Ansbach (Solistes)

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Gemini - Schumann: Requiem, etc / Klee, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-05-02

Works: Robert Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op. 112; Requiem for Mignon, Op. 98b; Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor, Op. 147; Requiem, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 148
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Andonian, Andrea; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Georg, Mechthild; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Lindner, Brigitte; Lovaas, Kari; Meyer,...
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Klee, Bernhard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Düsseldorf Städtischer Musikvereins Chorus ; Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra

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Schumann's neglected choral output includes several worthwhile pieces, notably the charming, light-filled oratorio The Pilgrimage of the Rose, and the late and dark-toned...continue...

Classical Bytes - Mozart

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-03-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K 495; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Don Giovanni; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), ...
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Jolley, David; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Pletnev, Mikhail; Anda, Géza
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian National Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin / Matacic, Fischer-Dieskau, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2005-09-03

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Cvejik, Biserka; Dermota, Anton; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter [Tenor]; Konetzni, Hilde; Kreppel, Walter; Rössl-Majdan, Hilde
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Barber: Adagio for Strings, etc / Schippers, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-08-30

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Summer Music, for wind quintet, Op. 31; Excursions (4) for Piano, Op. 20; Dover Beach, Op. 3; Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; Vanessa, Op. 32; Toccata Festi...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; ; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet

This unique collection of Samuel Barber's music features his 'Adagio for Strings' in both the orchestral and string quartet versions....continue...

Hindemith: Cardillac / Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-03-08

Works: Paul Hindemith: Cardillac, opera, Op. 39
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Katz, Eberhard; Kirschstein, Leonore; Kohn, Karl Christian; Nett, Willi; Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

The only recording ever made of this 20th-century masterpiece features the towering artistry of Fischer-Dieskau in the title role of a Renaissance goldsmith who murders...continue...

Historical - Schubert: Schwanengesang / Fischer-Dieskau

1 CD / Myto Records / 2005-03-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957
Performers: Billing, Klaus; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich

Gemini - Mendelssohn: Elijah / Baker, Gedda, Fischer-Dieskau

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-02-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Woolf, Simon
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

Best of Wagner

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; King, James [Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Varviso, Silvio; Chailly, Riccardo; Gerdes, Otto; Kubelik, Rafael; Jochum, Eugen; Solti, Sir Georg

Schubert, Brahms, Wagner / Carlos Kleiber

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-10-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gotz, Werner; Hellmich, Wolfgang; Moll, Kurt; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"An expert art restorer who clears away centuries of grime to reveal a painting in its pristine glory. Kleiber... strips away the varnish from some...continue...