Great Recordings Of The Century - Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Fischer-Dieskau, Moore [Original recording remastered]

Franz Schubert (Performer, Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer, Performer), Gerald Moore (Performer), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Artist), Gerald Moore (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Franz Schubert, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Gerald Moore
• Composer: Franz Schubert, Franz [Vienna] Schubert
• Audio CD (March 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00000I7WB
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #10 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > C to G

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly great performance, July 19, 2001

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Anthony Louis (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Great Recordings Of The Century - Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Fischer-Dieskau, Moore (Audio CD)

I had the pleasure of hearing Fischer-Dieskau live back in the 60s. This recording captures him at his peak. His interpretation of Schubert's masterpiece is brilliant. His enunciation is wonderful. You can really follow the lines of poetry as he sings. I caught myself unawares singing along with the CD (to the consternation of my wife). Even if you don't know German, you can easily find your place in the translation of the text. His musical technique is perfect. It's hard to praise this recording enough.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fischer-Dieskau and Schubert: what do you expect?, July 5, 2004

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Ramon Kranzkuper (Gainesville, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Recordings Of The Century - Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Fischer-Dieskau, Moore (Audio CD)

The best, of course. And this recording is wonderful, as usual. I'm sort of getting bored writing reviews praising Fischer-Dieskau to the skies, but quite simply, any music lover needs to have this recording in his collection.

It's one of the great song-cycles, and it's Fischer-Dieskau at his best. And there's the typical Fischer-Dieskau attitude: to go with the flow of the song and the cycle.

DSM may not be as fulfilling or as incredibly moving as Die Winterreise, but it does have its Höhepunkts: the coming of the hunter, where Fischer-Dieskau, almost predictably, sounds noticeably irritated; in 'die böse Farbe', in which he sounds as weepy as we expect the miller to be; in 'Trockne Blumen', where he sounds as heartbroken as we expect the miller to sound.

As for DSM taken by itself, I have this to say to newcomers to Schubert: listen to this before you listen to Die Winterreise or Schwanengesang. It's more down to earth, more accessible. And this is by far the best baritone recording of DSM you can get out there.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Schubert - Die Schone Mullerin - Fischer-Dieskau/Moore, February 10, 2002

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Mr. Niall Sullivan (Chester, England, Disunited Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Recordings Of The Century - Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Fischer-Dieskau, Moore (Audio CD)

Quite simply the perfect combination of singer and accompanist;
The greatest male singer of the 20th Century allied to the champion accompanist, recorded when Fischer-Dieskau was at his peak. I have it in every medium from plastic through cassetes and video to CD and it never disappoints. The cycle is the ultimate in contrasts, and more than any other, the separate songs stand on their own as well as part of a group. The spirit and integrity come through, even to the listener, like myself, whose knowledge of German extends little beyond "Danke Schone" and "Wunderbar", which are probably the only two phrases I need to espress my opinion of, and gratitude to, Fischer-Dieskau for the pleasure he has given down the years, always with unfailing taste.