[78-L] Menahem Pressler 78s was Deitrich Fischer-Diskau

[David Lennick]

On 5/19/2012 4:40 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> Of course! And is Bernard Greenhouse still with us? He made 78s even earlier,
> for a Columbia educational series.

Missed it by a year (he died May 13th 2011).

> dl
>
> On 5/19/2012 3:52 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>> according to 78discography, Pressler recorded a series of 78s for MGM:
>>
>> 30027 MENAHEM PRESSLER CRADLE SONG 47S114 (MGM-9) - - -
>> 30027 MENAHEM PRESSLER WALTZ IN A FLAT,OP.39,NO.15 47S113 (MGM-9) - - -
>> 30028 MENAHEM PRESSLER ARABESQUES,OP.18,PT.1 47S115 (MGM-9) - - -
>> 30028 MENAHEM PRESSLER ARABESQUES,OP.18,PT.2 47S116 (MGM-9) - - -
>> 30029 MENAHEM PRESSLER CARNIVAL EXCERPTS,OP.9 47S117 (MGM-9) - - -
>> 30029 MENAHEM PRESSLER CARNIVAL EXCERPTS,OP.8 47S118 (MGM-9) - - -
>>
>> Best wishes, Thomas.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Don Cox
>> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 3:49 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Deitrich Fischer-Diskau
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Regards
>
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