Fischer-Dieskau sings Gute Nacht

[fabio8008]

Stupenda interpretazione di uno dei più bei lieder di Schubert. Grande Fischer-Dieskau, ancorchè giovanissimo.

Ma chi sono quei pochi a cui non piace questa perla?

[1967bo1967]

The performance is beautiful and captivating.....recorded sooooo many years ago...with simple recording capabilities.....NO studio editing....just a perfect sounding performance...imagine what he would sound like with today's technology!!

[MusicBeautyLove]

I love this man. His voice is so amazing.

[Jextxadore]

The first time he went into pianissimo, I thought something'd gone wrong with the video…when he did it again, I realised it was his amazing control of dynamics.

[JohnHillEU]

The recording noise adds so much intensity to this performance. Very unsettling.

[yusukeundisolde]

...

perfect...

[valchris89]

what year was this? Excellent song...i love lieder! <3

[Gipfelruh]

Ein Traum, Welche Leidenschaft. Eine unübertroffene Größe im klassischen Gesang

[sas147741]

Feliz invierno a todo el hemisferio sur! (happy summer to de north (: )

[TheLinda74]

BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOO! HE HAS A MAGNIFICENT Interpretation! GREAT GAME IN THE LIGHT AND DARK VOCAL TONE. SCHUBERT Buying a BEAUTIFUL MELODY FOR PIANO. THE DIE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Winterreise. Many thanks for your post.

[jhutch1463]

I love Fischer-Dieskau and have had his winterreise on vinal in the early 60s. Wore it out. CD replacement not as good. Saw Prey/Winterreise live at Emory University.What a treat. I cannot chose between the two.

I agree that the sound here lacks a lot Buy the CD :You will not regret it.

[Toy1976]

@jhutch1463 Have you tried the digital version from ITunes? I love mine...

[the4000class]

can you fix the sound?

[MaximumBreaker]

Dieskau und Wunderlich: Beste Sänger ever!

[ekonvollm]

Trotz der schlechten Tonqualität kann man an einigen Stellen hören, was kein anderer Sänger je so berückend sang. Ich denke insbesondere an die Passage in der letzten Strophe "Will Dich im Traum nicht stören..." Er ist einfach der bedeutendste Sänger, den es je gab.

[alexandrevlad37]

Dieskau is great.......... like Hotter.

[jenspen]

How I wish I'd been able to see this performance - or any of DFD's performances. Born too late but not too late to wish the maestro a happy 85th birthday.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

poor audio... :(

what a great singer

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

year?

[R2PH3TH]

1966?

[100Singers]

Mir sind nahezu alle erhältlichen Aufnahmen der Winterreise bekannt, aber ganz gleich wie großartig die unterschiedlichsten Interpreten auch waren und sind - keiner erreicht Fischer-Dieskau hinsichtlich seiner Fähigkeit, den Inhalt eines Textes fast schon psychologisch auszuloten und zu dramatisieren. Durch ihn bekam der Liedgesang einen gebührenden Rang.

[timek21v]

No one sings Schubert like Fischer-Dieskau. He's amazing. Sorry, too tired and lazy to respond in German ;)

[kakashi172]

@timek21v

have you ever listened to Thomas Quasthoff ? he is a genious too i would even prefer him ;) try it :)

greets

[dermotafan]

Who is the pianist? Sounds and looks like Gerald.

[astrophel1]

I'm pretty sure it's Jörg Demus. They made a sound recording of Winterreise together in the same year...

[kyokotag]

Yes, it is... the Japanese subtitle says so :-)

[kunugiprickle]

The Japanese telop (0:11) says he is Jörg Demus.

[megistanas0]

Γαμάει ο Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau!

[tchebinai71]

very moving version . powerful pianissimi ;  : )

[napsuta]

What happened to Lindenbaum has it been taken off you tube?

[McTomson]

of course ;)

[ipmoic]

Thank you McThomson.

Clearly I should closing my eyes when I listen, but that is what I often do in the presence of a great artist.

[ipmoic]

When I saw the 1925 I said WAIT! He looks young but not that young!

Obviously that's the year of his birth......

But he is very young here, no?

A great strophic song sung by the mastersinger.,

[McTomson]

yes. at 0:20 you see in the left corner above the number: 1966. He's born in 1925. so he must this piece be singing in the age of 30/31.

[ErMauro88]

sin palabras, impresionante ;)

[kraj418]

Mosen Saft

[skiffman5889]

INCREDIBLE!!! Everything I hope to be able to do one day..... No one can touch Dieskau!

[MCR2LOVER101]

is anyone on the lookout for sheets to the song? it would be greatly appreciated..

=]

[green1smile]

in peters edition you can get all the leider in one volume :)

[SiMiChiamanoMariel]

that's what im talking about..!

[picapin]

Hey, good to see you around!

Fsicher Dieskau is one of the greatest baritones ever!!!

[SiMiChiamanoMariel]

miira quien lo viera por aqui! jaja pasame tu msn no? mucho sin platicar!

[wowyourgaiy]

It is just... so beautiful. So simple and so elegant. Thank you!

[Pianda]

Wie kann man nur so einen Film in Video reinstellen und NICHT den Pianist sowie NICHT DAS AUFFÜHRUNGSJAHR nennen?

Ich halte diese Auslassung für eine Art Quellenfälschung, jedenfalls für eine extrem schlampige Unterlassung.

[DerowEgen]

Steht alles in den Untertiteln!

[Pianda]

suiran wo shi ji shang xue guo yidian Hanyu. Kongpa wo kan bu dong zìmù.

[DerowEgen]

Danshi ni xiang huoxi de xiaoxi yong shuzi xiexia le. ;)

[Pianda]

Qing fanyi ni de hua. Kexi wo kan bu dong. Ni shunbian ye hui fanyi zìmù`?

Feichang ganxie.

Also das da "huoxi de xiaoxi yong shuzi xiexia le"

(shunbian: mein Satz war wohl durch das nachträglich reingestellte und dann vergessene "suiran" etwas verstellt, haoxiang ni haishi kanbudong"

[DerowEgen]

Ich hab nur versucht (!!! ;-) zu schreiben: Aber die von dir gewünschten Informationen sind doch in Ziffern geschrieben (naja, zumindest die Jahreszahl 1966).

Ob ich die Buchstaben übersetzen kann? Meinst du die im Video? Nee, leider nicht, duibuqi. ;)

[Pianda]

Danke für die Antwort. Ich war glaube ich auch zu hart zu dem Video-Reinsteller, weil mir erst später dämmerte,der habe auch keine weitergehenden Infos über Ort und Umstände dieses Konzerts. Aber ich denke immer,dass wenn jemand so ein Konzert aus dem TV aufnimmt,dann hat er die Rahmendaten ja nochmals speziell ausgewiesen bekommen.

Tasächlich werden erstaunlich oft (vonseiten div. Videoeinsteller) die Zeitang. ausgelassen.Oder ein Duettpartner wird ignoriert=nicht gewürdigt.

[RARIEES]

Untertitel besagt folgendes:

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1925-

Klavier Jörg Demus

1966 Gute Nacht aus Winterreise (Schubert)

"Winterreise" von Fischer-Dieskau war schon bekannt bevor er als erstesmal nach Japan kam,

Erst bei seinem zweiten Besuch nach Japan im Jahr 1966

haben die japanischen Fans seinen "Winterreise" hören dürfen.

[Pianda]

Vielen Dank für diese wertvollen Angaben, die der Video-Reinsteller jetzt ja in die Legende übernehmen kann. Nun ist auch dem Pianist würdigende Gerechtigkeit getan und wir wissen, wann das Konzert stattfand! Neue Medien dürfen nicht dazu führen, dass historische Ereignisse quasi "zeit-und ortlos werden", sowie wichtige Akteure einfach ungenannt bleiben.

[picapin]

Quastoff: Listen and learn!

[picapin]

This here is beautiful singing and proper vocal technique, ladies and gentleman.

Quastoff is only famous b/c he is a midget singing opera. TV is like a circus where everybody wants to see these freaks of nature.

DFD on the other hand, is a real singer and his fame is only due to his voice not to his looks.

[wowyourgaiy]

I completely agree with you, please understand that, but I also think that Quasthoff has a fantastic voice. The only thing I dislike about Quasthoff is his lack of technique for stylistic reasons... otherwise I'd say judging vocal ability only, he is well deserving of his fame.

[picapin]

ok, but you have to accept that great part of his fame came because he is a midget singing opera. Everybody wants to look... like rubberneckers!

But even worse, people make him an heroe and think that his art is perfect. As if life had compensated his deformity with a perfect voice and that's not the case. People think the same of Bocelli, who is another circus.

Again, if Quastoff was not a midget, nobody would even turn to see him.

[knattomat]

Quasthoff is a great singer, and nothing else. Maybe he's also famous because of his handicap, but only in the eyes of those of you who see his handicap. "Listen, he can sing, although he is a midget..." bullshit, faschism,and pseudo-covered intolerance!

He is a great singer!!! His voice has nothing to do with his body, learn to accept this a fact. Fischer-Diskau is also a great singer, although his mother did not use THALIDOMID/CONTERGAN

[musicdivinemusic]

Totally disagree. Qualsthoff has a great, great voice and I started loving it just from audio, before I ever saw him. His Gute Nacht is amazing. Nothing to do with his disability.

[picapin]

quastoff's gute nacht suchs ass

[GarboFour]

Quasthoff doesn't sing bad, although, that's right, there's some effects involved with the media. If a comparison is needed here, I 100 percent prefer FD, of whom the voice quality is what Quasthoff stays too far behind to catch up.

[picapin]

Finally! Someone with ears!!

[Pitonznz]

you don't seem to know what you are talking about.

[01jocooper]

DFD's rendition of this song is better that Quasthoff's. This is not because Quasthoff is bad, he is a great singer. DFD is simply the best, no other baritones come close to him in terms of sheer technique and beauty.

[artalux]

Großartig!. Ich freue mich, mitteilen zu können, dass meine Technik vocal diesem Umzug mehr und mehr. Und ich Schritte noch besser, und ich bin barìtono lìrik... als Fischer...

[xXxStRyK3RxXx]

wunderschön.

[ah332]

i think hotter is best for winterreise

[nutty42]

D F-D is synonymous with exceptional & unique artistry, as perfect as it is humanly possible to be.

[xyvp]

wie schön!!!!

[beto8516]

!Excelente¡

Uno de los grandes baritonos de nuestro tiempo.

Alberto

[tamarahisk]

It's genius!!!

[bigandi37]

seine schubert interpretation ist ergreifend und meiner meinung nach nie erreicht!

[Kunsterfreut]

quasthoff ist um längen besser als hampson...quasthoff ist ja nicht umsonst der weltbeste bariton

idiot

[westfalianalien]

Vergesst Quasthoff! Vergesst Fischer-Dieskau! Hört Thomas Hampson! Wie mühelos, wie ergriffen, wie gefühlsecht!

[donkomm]

ich stimme MoreBlackmore aus zu !!!!!!!

[Kunsterfreut]

ich stimme voll udn ganz MoreBlackmore zu!^^

[MoreBlackmore]

Seine Schubert-Interpretationen gehören sicher zu den besten! Stimme, Ausdruck, Stimmlage passen meiner Meinung nach perfekt.

[Kunsterfreut]

F.-D. ist wirklich ein begnadeter sänger von dem man noch vieles in sachen gesang lernen kann und für mich ist er eine lebende legende...

[musicdivinemusic]

Listen to Thomas Quasthoff singing this Lied here at YouTube, it's fantastic.

[nofactzone]

"The song sings him" that's it! How can such prowess be made to look effortless? To be so gifted! As someone wrote of him, paraphrasing Dryden: "Here is God's plenty"

[NiallMS]

Pity about the poor sound quality but good to hear this song. DFD took it upon himself to record all of Schubert's lieder; a noble effort from a great singer.

[mbouman]

Can't take my eyes off this performance. He doesn't sing this song, the song sings him! Every change in his energy, his face, his manner comes right out of what's going on in the song. NO ONE sings Lieder this well.

[cleverwol]

I would love to; but could anyone be kind enough post Prey, Krause or Talvela?

[klokheten]

Anyone daring comparing this with Quasthoff,Prey,Krause or Talvela?

It is pure but not heartbreaking.

[irminek]

Very beautiful....

[marinouchkala]

Wonderful, wonderful...

Please, the name of the pianist...

[AnXr]

He must be Gerald Moore.

[AnXr]

Sorry, I meant Joerg Demus.

Listen this Lied also by Hans Hotter and Gerald Moore (piano).

[allbluedream]

gosh, listening to him is ever so wonderful! watching him singing almost moves me to tears

[mrmorganmusic]

Dieskau was born in 1925! the date at the opening is wrong! Very wrong!!!

[daryllwj]

I do think it's his birth year, yes? Which is why there's nothing after the tilde, since well, he's still alive. Which explains the 1966 later...

[mrmorganmusic]

Yeah, sorry 'bout that. I must have been on crack.

[Phonologie]

The date says the day of the song realitation.

1966.

[Antillas636]

There is no doubt Fisher Dieskau was one of the greatest lieder singers of all times. However I am going to evoke another german lieger singer who I find much more pleasant to listen "Hermann Prey". Particularly with Schubert´s Winterreise Prey shows what a fantastic lieder singer he was.

[astrophel1]

I love Prey's artistry, and earlier today I was listening to the famous recording of Hans Hotter. But I've recently discovered Christian Gerhaher (who just performed Die Schöne Müllerin at Weill Hall last week) and I think he belongs in this elite list as well.

[Selkaen]

To me he ever remains the reference for the Winterreise!

[gerryrains]

He's certainly the best baritone whom I've heard sing!

[vittorio26769]

What a wonderful duet...no words for it

[LeibnizNewton]

@ fitzalle

bravo ~ großartig, außerordentlich, beispielhaft, ausgezeichnet...

[fritzalle]

danke

[fritzalle]

how do you say bravo in germany?

[NosHabebitHumus]

Bravo!

[cdgray2]

Absolutely the finest

[nickfox2]

Beyond just his magnificent singing, it's his physical, palpable reactions to the piano, when he's not singing, that make him simply the finest lieder singer I've ever seen or heard. Just look at 4:09, Schubert's epochal switch to C major, the way it seems to rejuvenate Fischer-Dieskau's entire physicality. He embodies this music, in every sense.

[acrossthelines]

Moi aussi! Je l'adore! Il a tout: la voix, la profondeur des sentiments, l'intelligence... Merci Dietrich!

[Cherubino88]

J'aime DFD!

[mondo632]

C'est véritablement sublime. Thank you so much for posting it, this is incredible, such an interpretation, such a voice, such a life in it... Thank you so much

[Sprin9]

astrophel1 where did you find this fragment?

[cyfieithydd]

Thank you so much for this video!!

[Jamfare]

love it!

[Ozzkar]

At last, some more Fischer Dieskau clips on YouTube! :D Gotta love him!

[ronjosiah]

i've heard Fischer-Dieskau's Winterrreise rendition in different cds. thanks for the post. it's my first time to see him perform my most favorite song cycle.

[mozartiikodesu]

stevevandien> Sure Accompanist is Jorg Demus. in 1966 Tokyo.

[astrophel1]

Any chance you know where to get a video of the whole performance?

[mozartiikodesu]

I live in Japan, so I was watching this performance in the past.(Live)

[astrophel1]

Mozartiikodesu -- do you mean that you were at the original performance?! Or have you at least seen more than just this song?

[mozartiikodesu]

Abou your question.. which heard it except this performance in 1966 Japan?

[stevevandien]

Oh, duh -- don't know why I said "clearly Japan," as though I'm an expert on Asian calligraphy -- open mouth, insert size 12 foot:) --

[Gidselgrisen]

A musical titan, Fischer-Dieskau. Very, very beautiful music.

[stevevandien]

From the subtitles, it's clear this was in Japan -- but when? I'm guessing during the 1950s, but not sure -- and who is the accompanist? Jorg Demus?

[astrophel1]

I believe that it is Demus based on the year (it says 1966 at some point, which is when they recorded the cycle.) The broadcast was taped of a Japanese or Korean television station; I can't guarantee that the performance itself was in one of those countries. I'd love to find out how to get hold of a video-recording of the entire recital - if this is out there, the rest must be too, no?

[stevevandien]

Sure be nice to get the rest. At his best, DFD was untouchable in lieder and some other song genres as well. He's in lovely voice here --

[peopleinsorrow]

The texts are Japanese. It says that the pianist is Demus. It says that in 1966 DFD made a second visit to Japan and sung the cycle in front of the Japanese audience for the first time, so I guess this was filmed during the visit.