DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU: OPERA ARIAS (VERDI, MOZART, WAGNER, BEETHOVEN)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Opera Arias

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

“This collection shows how directly he transplants Lieder-style into another genre…on the Mozart side the results are both convincing and intensely memorable. Fischer-Dieskau has twice recorded the part of Papageno, these earlier Fricsay versions have been preferred to the later Bohm …and in the Don Giovanni items….the Don’s Champagne Aria and Serenade are more mellifluous…. the two extracts from Falstaff, infinitely resourceful, mercurial performances from his Verdi recital -how refreshing to hear Verdi sung on the assumption that there is intelligent, as well as emotional, lyrical and rhetorical, sense to be made.” (GramophonE)

1. Der vogelfänger bin ich ja* (Die Zauberflöte:Mozart) 2:48
2. Ein mädchen oder weibchen* (Die Zauberflöte:Mozart) 3:46
3. Champagne Aria: Finch’han dal vino** (Don Giovanni:Mozart) 1:19
4. Deh vieni alla finestra** (Don Giovanni:Mozart) 1:50
1-4 with RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay *1955**1958

5. Ha! Welch ein augenblick (Fidelio:Beethoven) 2:55
Chorus and Orchestra of Bavaraian State Opera / Ferenc Fricsay Rec.1957
6. Als du in kuhnem Sange (Tannhäuser:Wagner) 2:55
Philharmonia Orchestra / Wilhelm Schüchter Rec.1952
7. Blick ich umher (Tannhäuser:Wagner) 5:25
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / André Cluytens Rec.1955
8. O du mein holdern abendstern (Tannhäuser:Wagner) 2:35
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / André Cluytens Rec.1955
9. Die Frist ist um (Der Fliegende Holländer:Wagner) 10:51
Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera / Franz Konwitschny Rec.1959

Verdi Arias 10-18 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Alberto Erede / Rec.1961
10. In braccio alle dovizie (I Vespri Siciliani) 5:50
11. Pari siamo (Rigoletto) 3:41
12. Cortigiani (Rigoletto) 4:45
13. Il balen (Il Trovatore) 3:07
14. Alla vita che t’arride (Un Ballo in Maschera) 2:50
15. Eri tu (Un Ballo in Maschera) 5:56
16. Per me giunto…O Carlo ascolta (Don Carlo) 6:23
17. Ehi! Paggio! L’onore! Ladri! (Falstaff) 4:29
18. Ehi Taverniere!…Mondo ladro (Falstaff) 6:25