[78-L] Deitrich Fischer-Diskau

[David Lennick]

Even his name was musical..note the conga rhythm.

dl

On 5/19/2012 11:30 PM, Robert Shirer wrote:
> Forgive the old German professor, but it is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.  Let
> us do him the honor of spelling his name properly.
>
> Bob Shirer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Stern"<sternth at attglobal.net>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Deitrich Fischer-Diskau
>
>
>
> BTW - what were D F-D's 78rpm recordings?  Were the EMI db series recordings
> the earliest?  Any other labels?
>    In the past few years many CD's of early recordings (for example a 1948
> Wintereise broadcast) have been issued.
>    The first I was aware of his recordings were the Electrola LP's (green
> edges on jackets) which must have been circa 1954.
>    Is there an online discography?
> THANKS!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Mike Harkin
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Deitrich Fischer-Diskau
>
>
> Leonard Bernstein recorded a number of his works as pianist, and conductor,
> in the mid-
> 40s and early 50s,
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
> --- On Sat, 5/19/12, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Deitrich Fischer-Diskau
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 5:53 PM
>
> Previn was strictly a jazz artist on 78s, as well as conducting MGM
> soundtrack
> material.
>
> dl
>
> On 5/19/2012 1:46 PM, 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 André Previn, but not as a
>> classical artist.
>>