[78-L] Deitrich Fischer-Diskau

[DAVID BURNHAM]

Deitrich Fischer-Diskau has died at the age of 86.  In my experience, he is the last, or one of the last remaining classical artists who made 78s, (and here I mean actually cut 78 rpm records, not tape recordings which were subsequently dubbed to 78 - and I can't even think of anyone who did that who's still alive).  A very knowledgeable acquaintance has said the Kurt Masur made 78s but I can find no evidence of that.

One conductor who may have made 78s in André Previn, but not as a classical artist.

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