Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore

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(For Gerald Moore, see below) The German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925) is a German singer and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous lieder (art songs) singers of his generation. He is greatly admired for his interpretations, the tonal qualities and shadings of color in his voice, his exceptional rhythmic sense and his impeccable diction. Fischer-Dieskau has also performed and recorded many operatic roles. Albert Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was born in Berlin to Albert, a principal, and Dora, a teacher. He started singing as a child and began formal voice lessons at the age of sixteen. When he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1943, Fischer-Dieskau had just completed his secondary school studies and one semester at the Berlin Conservatory. He was captured in Italy in 1945 and spent two years as an American prisoner of war. During that time, he sang lieder in POW camps to the homesick German soldiers. In 1947, he returned to Germany where he launched his professional career as a singer in Badenweiler when he sang in Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem without any rehearsal—he was a last-minute substitute for a singer who was indisposed. He gave his first lieder recital in Leipzig in the fall of 1947 and followed it soon afterwards with a highly successful first concert at Berlin's Titania-Palast. In the fall of 1948, Fischer-Dieskau was engaged as principal lyric baritone at the Berlin State Opera, making his debut as Posa in Verdi's Don Carlos

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albums

Schubert: 21 Lieder

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Schubert : Winterreise

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Schubert: Lieder

Schubert: Winterreise, D.911

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Die Forelle: Die schönsten Schubert-Lieder

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Franz Schubert. Lieder

Schubert: Schwanengesang etc

21 Leider

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795

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The Very Best Of: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon

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Schumann: Liederkreis, Etc

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