Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskauwas a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Liederperformers of the post-war period, described as "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century" and "the most influential singer of the 20th Century". Fischer-Dieskau was ranked the second greatest singer of the centuryby Classic CD"Top Singers of the Century" Critics' Poll...
trying care letters
One has to get through a big pile of mail every day. I don't pass my letters on to a secretary; rather, I try to take care of all of them myself.
lying today facts
The reason why Schubert is celebrated so much today, lies rather in the fact that there has been nobody else like him - not before him, not after him.
romantic-love atmosphere mood
In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.
levels standing-out social
What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.
children book unborn-child
The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.
listening fields ears
Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plough. The trick is just to wake them up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.
speak form
All music has to speak in some form or other.
emerged expression lyrical might mode poetry relatively
Because lyrical poetry was still relatively new; it only first emerged with Klopstock, or, if you will, you might go back to Gryphius. This was a completely new mode of expression. It emerged, at the very latest, during the Enlightenment.
people creative horizon
With creative people, truly new horizons open up.
thinking creative genius
...in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be gradually drawn into a particular creative genius' way of thinking, and could follow him.
important important-things
The work is the most important thing.
people desirable breaths
It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.
doors house unity
And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away.
curiosity together musician
I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.