Complete Lieder Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, whom Leonard Bernstein once called "the most significant singer of the 20th century". He excelled in all areas of the classical repertoire; and yet it is above all the Lied with which he set standards and will remain unforgotten. He discovered in music and poetry a common poetic ground, "a landscape of the soul", and he saw it as his life's task to put this artistic synthesis into work in song and to give it one voice – his own.  

In this 107-CD box set, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's entire Lied oeuvre on DG, Philips and Decca is collected for the first time. Over 50 years of recording history – from 1949 to 2003 – this edition offers the opportunity to trace the development of his epochal voice over his career: four different recordings of "Winterreise" for example allow a fascinating comparison. Included are the almost-complete lied oeuvre of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Liszt and Strauss for male voice, as well as less familiar or contemporary repertoire – plus duets, vocal ensembles, symphonic works, melodramas and previously unpublished recordings. The portrait is rounded off by an audio document "From my life", an extensive interview on CD and a 240-page booklet with essays by Dr. Michael Wersin and Cord Garben as well as numerous unpublished photos and documents from private collections, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the DG archive. 

Tracklisting:

CD

1 C.P.E. BACH

2–5 BEETHOVEN

2 An die ferne Geliebte

4–5 Folksong Arrangements

6–17 BRAHMS

12, 14 Vier ernste Gesänge

13–14 Die schöne Magelone

16 Liebeslieder Walzer

15–17 Duets & Quartets

18–21 LISZT

22–23 LOEWE

24–26 MAHLER

25 Das Lied von der Erde (Krips)

26 Das Lied von der Erde (Bernstein)

27 NIETZSCHE

28 REGER · PFITZNER

29–30 SCHOECK · VON EINEM

31–62 SCHUBERT

52 Die schöne Müllerin

53–55 Winterreise (Demus, Barenboim, Brendel)

56 Schwanengesang

61–62 Ensembles

63–74 SCHUMANN

69–71 Dichterliebe (Demus 1965 & 1957, Brendel)

71–72 Liederkreis

74 Duette

75–76 SHOSTAKOVICH

75 Symphony No. 14

76 BRITTEN Blake Songs

77–80 STRAUSS

79 Krämerspiegel

80 Enoch Arden

81 TCHAIKOVSKY

82–93 WOLF

88 Mörike Lieder

89–91 Italienisches Liederbuch

92–93 Spanisches Liederbuch

94 ZEMLINSKY

95–96 MELODRAMAS Strauss, Schumann, Liszt, Ullmann

97 BERG · SCHÖNBERG · WEBERN

98 CHRISTMAS SONGS

99 DEBUSSY · RAVEL · IVES

100 BERLIOZ · DEBUSSY · STEPHAN · LUTOSŁAWSKI

101 HAYDN · BEETHOVEN · WEBER Folksong Settings

102 HENZE · FORTNER · MARTIN

103 SONGS BY ARTIST-COMPOSERSMahler, Reznicek, Busoni, Kempff, Busch, Walter, Mainardi

104–105MEYERBEER ·REICHARDT · EARLY GOETHE SETTINGS

Reichardt, Zelter, Anna Amalia von Preußen, Seckendorff,

Neefe, Beethoven, Kreutzer, Hummel, Arnim, Wagner

105 ERZÄHLTES LEBEN (A Life Retold, 1961)

106–107INTERVIEW (2005)