[78-L] Deitrich Fischer-Diskau

[Don Cox]

Hello DAVID

On 19/05/2012, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> 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 Andre Previn, but not as a
> classical artist.
> 
Menahem Pressler could have recorded on 78s - he was born a couple of years
before Fischer-Dieskau, and is still playing.

His performing career began in 1946


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Don Cox
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