COMPOSERS: Nietzsche
LABELS: Philips
WORKS: Das zerbrochene Ringlein; Sylvesternacht; Manfred Meditation
PERFORMER: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone, piano), Aribert Reimann, Elmar Budde (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 426 863-2 DDD
Enterprising musicians such as John Aler and a learned company from Concordia University have recently registered their several offerings to the philosopher-musician. But it has, perhaps inevitably, taken Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to convince us that the writer really was as ‘profoundly a musician’ as he liked to think. With Aribert Reimann and Elmar Budde, he offers 15 songs, the melodrama ‘Das zerbrochene Ringlein’, and the ‘Sylvesternacht’ and ‘Manfred Meditation’ in their piano duet versions. Hilary Finch
Nietzsche: Das zerbrochene Ringlein; Sylvesternacht; Manfred Meditation
Enterprising musicians such as John Aler and a learned company from Concordia University have recently registered their several offerings to the philosopher-musician. But it has, perhaps inevitably, taken Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to convince us that the writer really was as ‘profoundly a musician’ as he liked to think. With Aribert Reimann and Elmar Budde, he offers 15 songs, the melodrama ‘Das zerbrochene Ringlein’, and the ‘Sylvesternacht’ and ‘Manfred Meditation’ in their piano duet versions. Hilary Finch
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:07 pm