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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

October 2014

  • Victoria de los Angeles

    Wagner: Tannhäuser CD review – fabled 1961 radio broadcast showcases glorious singing

    Although the score is at times wayward, this rightly celebrated performance captures the sexual and spiritual drama of the opera, writes Tim Ashley

December 2012

  • Music blog
    2012 review: notable deaths in music

  • Verdi: Don Carlos – DVD review

June 2012

  • Beethoven, Berg, Haydn, Schoenberg: Ferne Geliebte – review

    Christoph Gerhaher's interpretation of German lieder is both surprising and excellent, writes Nicholas Kenyon
  • Music blog
    Fischer-Dieskau's 12 best recordings

    Martin Kettle's pick of the great baritone's recorded output

  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    Music blog
    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a revolutionary performer

    Fischer-Dieskau reorientated our listening experience, writes Daniel Barenboim, in a personal tribute to the great baritone

  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 2011

    Music blog
    Ian Bostridge: 'Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a titanic figure'

    The tenor pays tribute to the legendary baritone, who died on Friday aged 86

  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in "The Cloak"

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - in pictures

    The celebrated German singer died on Friday aged 86. Here, we look back on his distinguished career

    • Music blog
      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: a guide in clips

    • German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau dies

    • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau obituary

December 2011

  • Mozart: Don Giovanni – review

    This 1961 Don Giovanni from west Berlin may show its age, but it also resonates with the politics of the time, writes Tim Ashley

August 2011

  • Busoni: Doktor Faust – review

    This truncated version of Busoni's unfinished opera is hard to recommend, writes Andrew Clements

July 2007

  • Schumann: Liederkreis Op 39; Kerner-Lieder Op 35, Fischer-Dieskau/ Weissenborn/ Klust

    (Audite)

July 2005

  • As if by magic

    (Deutsche Grammophon, two CDs)

May 2005

  • German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau at his home in Berlin

    'It is the start of the final episode'

    He was the greatest lieder-singer of the 20th century, setting new standards and influencing a whole generation. As Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau turns 80, Martin Kettle talks to the prolific Berliner about his extraordinary career.

January 2004

  • Henze: Cantata della Fiaba Estrema; Novae de Infinito Laudes, Gruberova/ Moser/ Mayr/ Krenn/ Fischer-Dieskau/ ORF Choir/ ORF Symphony/ Segerstam/ Harvat

  • Henze: Die Bassariden, Meyer/ Hallstein/ Driscoll/ Paskalis/ Melchert/ Dooley/ Vienna Philharmonic/ Dohnányi

October 2003

  • Strauss, Mahler and Schubert Lieder: Schwarzkopf/Seefried/Fischer-Dieskau

    (EMI)

March 2000

  • Interview: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    Stephen Moss meets the legendary singer

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