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.
needs brahms schubert
Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.
But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.
artist mirrors hands
Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today.
lines firsts form
The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form.
america attention imitation
Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist it: levelling, and imitation of what others are already doing.
hands alive today
But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow.
song opportunity thinking
If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another, and then yet another - you lose the opportunity to think your way into the composer's mind, since, after all, most of these pieces are quite brief.
thinking artist play
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role.
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.
song school singing
Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every time I gave a song recital.
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.
disappear behinds interpreter
Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter.