Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a revolutionary performer

Fischer-Dieskau reorientated our listening experience, writes Daniel Barenboim in a personal tribute to the great baritoneThere are many wonderful composers whose works we appreciate greatly but who did not make a significant impact on the historical development of music. Only a select few were able to at once sum up everything that had existed in music before them, and to pave the way into the future. Bach, Schoenberg, Wagner and Beethoven are outstanding examples of such revolutionaries. The s...

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