Fischer-Dieskau; Dietrich

Boskovsky’s Controversial Fledermaus

Robert Levine

This 1971 recording has always stirred controversy: Some feel its Viennese-ness is overdone, especially by Fischer-Dieskau as Falke, but others, like myself, just love its

Fish-Disk Mahler

Victor Carr Jr

This live recital from London’s Royal Festival Hall in February, 1970, catches Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in exceptionally fine voice–if not quite in his prime. The qualities

Busoni long-awaited Doktor Faust/Erato C

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Ferruccio Busoni’s posthumous opera Doktor Faust was premiered in Dresden on May 21, 1925. Pianist, composer, teacher, theorist, and writer, Busoni (1866-1924) had died the

’54 Lohengrin/Nilsson/Bayreuth/Operadoro C

Robert Levine

This 1954 live-from-Bayreuth recording is a fine souvenir of the great Birgit Nilsson’s early career, and it was, I believe, her Bayreuth debut. Her Elsa

Guglielmo Tell/Cerquetti & F-D/Myto C

Robert Levine

This recording of Guglielmo Tell (a somewhat cut, Italian translation of Guillaume Tell, Rossini’s last opera, composed for Paris) has been around in many forms

Don Carlos auf Deutsche w/Fischer-Dieskau/Myto C

Robert Levine

This performance of Don Carlos, recorded live in Berlin in 1948 and sung in German, will be of interest only to fans of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,

Glorious Bach–At Any Speed

Robert Levine

Every Bach lover, whether period-instrument fan or not, should own Karl Richter’s recordings of Bach’s great choral works. Failing that, this CD of excerpts will

Bernstein’s Das Lied, again

David Hurwitz

Here is yet another remastering of this classic performance, which from a purely orchestral perspective is Bernstein’s finest of the work. There’s little doubt that