Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Inspirational, distinguished German baritone and a proselytiser for the art of liederRead an interview with Fischer-Dieskau by Martin Kettle, published in the Guardian in 2005Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the distinguished German baritone, has died aged 86. His Protean career was surely unique, as he sang and recorded more vocal music than any who came before. In particular, he broached more lieder (German songs) than any of his predecessors of the genre, his recordings running into the hundreds. Ma...

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