Schubert winterreise fischer-dieskau biography

Few singers had such an intense relationship with a piece of music, both in the concert-hall and on record, as the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau had with Schubert’s song-cycle Winterreise.

Commercially, he recorded the work seven times: in with Gerald Moore for HMV, then in they returned to the studio for same label. In he and Jörg Demus recorded it for DG. In , he was re-joined by Gerald Moore, again for DG.

A third DG recording came in when Fischer-Dieskau was partnered by Daniel Barenboim. In , Fischer-Dieskau teamed up with another ‘concert’ pianist: Alfred Brendel. A final version – with Murray Perahia – was recorded by Sony Classical in just after the baritone turned There are, of course, numerous live recordings, performances not originally planned for release on disc: these include one from with Klaus Billing, a performance with Hermann Reutter and one the following year with Hertha Klus