... Yes, although less so now than before. I still haven't gotten rid of any of those Winterreise recordings, but I'm not likely to collect any more unless ...
William Kasimer
wkasimer@...
Dec 14, 2000 4:17 pm
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... In addition to the Mahler recordings Scott already mentioned, I would suggest some Schumann Lieder. The two CDs I would recommend are the DFD/Moore 1956...
Celia Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 14, 2000 4:15 pm
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... I'm think I'm like Scott, not a collector but I do tend to buy CDs in bunches. Lately I have been buying mainly historical Lieder singers. Not everyone, by...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 14, 2000 4:03 pm
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<<Do you ... Not really. However, I do tend to buy in bunches of the same composer or performer or work in a fairly short period of time (the Tintner Bruckner ...
Scott Belyea
scott.belyea@...
Dec 14, 2000 3:41 pm
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<<Well, anything REALLY essential missing? If I were to pick one composer missing, it would be Mahler. I'd suggest either the Mahler CD in the recent "F-D...
Scott Belyea
scott.belyea@...
Dec 14, 2000 3:33 pm
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... Same here. I have a bit of a collector mentality (and have been involved in interesting if speculative discussions as to whether this mentality is ...
Jon Alan Conrad
conrad@...
Dec 14, 2000 3:20 pm
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... Well, I sort of collect CDs and especially Lieder CDs (at the moment I am buying the entire Hyperion Schubert number for number and week after week and I...
robertpeters@...
Dec 14, 2000 3:07 pm
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Hi FiDi-Listers, The membership of Fischer-DieskauList now stands at 32. Welcome to those of you who have signed on in the last 24 hours. If you haven't done...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 14, 2000 2:38 pm
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... William Pittman; call me Willie. ... Schenectady, NY, USA (provincial New York!) ... Have been listening to his recordings for about 40 years, and have ...
williepitt@...
Dec 14, 2000 12:55 am
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Hallo, my name is GF and I live in Milan. I apologize in advance for my English, but DFD's recordings prompted me rather towards learning a bit of German. As...
Gianfranco Mormino
gimormi@...
Dec 13, 2000 11:29 pm
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Here is a translation of the FAZ review. Artists line his way Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's second memoirs "Who writes memoirs is condemned to set down...
robertpeters@...
Dec 13, 2000 9:21 pm
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Hi FiDi-Listers, The following is a review of DFD's second book of memoirs, ZEIT EINES LEBENS, which recently appeared in FAZ. Sorry it's German only, but I ...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 13, 2000 7:26 pm
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... It is sheer speculation but I think there are two reasons. The one is: DFD is not the world-champion in being objective about his limits (and why should...
robertpeters@...
Dec 13, 2000 6:44 pm
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... Yes, I agree. The problem with Fischer-Dieskau is that the very characteristics that make him so great are the ones that eventually drive him over the...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 13, 2000 4:00 pm
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Celia proposes two interesting questions (for which I naturally have some ... I think that many of us might draw the line for a similar reason, but ...
Jon Alan Conrad
conrad@...
Dec 13, 2000 1:47 am
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I have been enjoying reading the introductory posts, and I'm certainly pleased to see a lot of familiar names among the members, including Pierre Bellemare...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 12, 2000 9:43 pm
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... True. That has become more common in recent years and is very useful information. It's really frustrating when you get a historical release ... Yes, that's...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 12, 2000 9:24 pm
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... Otto Klemperer looked like Boris Karloff??? Well, I guess he did, kind of. But it seems inconceivable to me that anyone would spread such a rumor. It is SO...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 12, 2000 9:19 pm
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The personal introductions seem to be happening as replies to Celia's welcome, so here's mine. ... I'm Jon. ... I live in Delaware, the second-smallest state...
conrad@...
Dec 12, 2000 3:42 pm
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Hello FiDi-Listers, I have made two alterations to the Options on the List. First, I have made the archives open to the public. I did this mainly because I...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 12, 2000 3:28 pm
10
Great to be here. I may not be the biggest DFD fan in the world, but the thought of a forum without a certain, er, element was too hard to resist. ... ...
wkasimer@...
Dec 12, 2000 3:27 pm
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Dear FiDi-Listers, I am sending this message again because the number of subscribers has doubled since yesterday. I will probably repeat it periodically for...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 12, 2000 2:42 pm
8
<<the DG Fischer-Dieskau Edition gives so little information about the dates and circumstances of the recordings they included. Well, it gives...
Scott Belyea
scott.belyea@...
Dec 12, 2000 2:11 pm
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Hi FiDi-Listers, I have been scanning Monika Wolf's incredible DFD discography to try to discover what constitutes Fischer-Dieskau's first commercial...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 12, 2000 1:34 pm
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Celia asks if the question below has ever been heard before. No, I think, and I do not consider DFD to resemble Boris Karloff, which is the image I receive ...
Bob Rideout
rrideout@...
Dec 12, 2000 12:47 am
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<<I'm just learning this Listowner stuff so I hope you'll have patience with me until we get things off the ground. Well, I'm willing to have patience even...
Scott Belyea
scott.belyea@...
Dec 12, 2000 12:19 am
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I came across a posting on opera-l from May 2000 in which someone asked about whether Fischer-Dieskau was the illegitimate son of Otto Klemperer. It seems to...
Celia A. Sgroi
sgroi@...
Dec 12, 2000 12:08 am
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Well, let's then start with Roberts or Bobs or Bobolinks. My name is Bob Rideout, and most of you know me as a feisty bird. However, Celia is among my best...
Bob Rideout
rrideout@...
Dec 11, 2000 11:03 pm
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Celia suggests introductory posts and I think this is a good idea to start things. So here is my introductory post. My name is Robert Peters. I am a...
robertpeters@...
Dec 11, 2000 10:49 pm
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Hello FiDi-Listers, Thank you for subscribing to Fischer-DieskauList. I'm just learning this Listowner stuff so I hope you'll have patience with me until we...
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