Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductors

Ferenc Fricsay
Wilhelm Schuchter
Andre Cluytens
Franz Konwitschny
Alberto Erede

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Fidelio, op.72

» Ha! Welch ein Augenblick

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620

» Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (arr. Andreas Traeg)

» Ein Madchen oder Weibchen

Don Giovanni, K527

» Deh vieni alla finestra

» Fin ch'han dal vino

Verdi, Giuseppe

Don Carlo

» Per me giunto ...O Carlo ascolta

Falstaff

» Ehi! Paggio! L'onore! Ladri!

» Ehi Taverniere! ...Mondo ladro

Il trovatore

» Il balen del suo sorriso (Act 2)

I vespri siciliani

» In braccio alle dovizie

Rigoletto

» Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

» Pari siamo

Un ballo in maschera

» Alla vita che t'arride

» Eri tu che macchiava

Wagner, Richard

Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)

» Die Frist ist um

Tannhauser

» Als du in kuhnem Sange

» Blick ich umher

» O du, mein holder Abendstern

Artists

Conductors

Ferenc Fricsay
Wilhelm Schuchter
Andre Cluytens
Franz Konwitschny
Alberto Erede

About

Contents:
1. Der vogelfänger bin ich ja (Die Zauberflöte: Mozart)
2. Ein mädchen oder weibchen (Die Zauberflöte: Mozart)
RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay
Rec.1955

3. Champagne Aria: Finch’han dal vino (Don Giovanni: Mozart)
4. Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni: Mozart)
RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay
Rec.1958

5. Ha! Welch ein augenblick (Fidelio: Beethoven)
Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera / Ferenc Fricsay
Rec.1957

6. Als du in kuhnem Sange (Tannhäuser: Wagner)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Wilhelm Schüchter
Rec.1952

7. Blick ich umher (Tannhäuser: Wagner)
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / André Cluytens
Rec.1955

8. O du mein holdern abendstern (Tannhäuser: Wagner)
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / André Cluytens
Rec.1955

9. Die Frist ist um (Der Fliegende Holländer: Wagner)
Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera / Franz Konwitschny
Rec.1959

Verdi Arias:
10. In braccio alle dovizie (I Vespri Siciliani)
11. Pari siamo (Rigoletto)
12. Cortigiani (Rigoletto)
13. Il balen (Il Trovatore)
14. Alla vita che t’arride (Un Ballo in Maschera)
15. Eri tu (Un Ballo in Maschera)
16. Per me giunto…O Carlo ascolta (Don Carlo)
17. Ehi! Paggio! L’onore! Ladri! (Falstaff)
18. Ehi Taverniere!...Mondo ladro (Falstaff)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Alberto Erede
Rec.1961

“This collection shows how directly he transplants Lieder-style into another genre…on the Mozart side the results are both convincing and intensely memorable. Fischer-Dieskau has twice recorded the part of Papageno, these earlier Fricsay versions have been preferred to the later Bohm …and in the Don Giovanni items….the Don's Champagne Aria and Serenade are more mellifluous…. the two extracts from Falstaff, infinitely resourceful, mercurial performances from his Verdi recital -how refreshing to hear Verdi sung on the assumption that there is intelligent, as well as emotional, lyrical and rhetorical, sense to be made.” - Gramophone