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	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Hugo Wolf, Max Reger: Orchestral Songs Orfeo • 2 CD • 1h 50min Order No.: MP1902

Composers/Works:
H. Wolf: Prometheus H. Wolf: Anakreons Grab H. Wolf: Harfenspieler I H. Wolf: Harfenspieler II H. Wolf: Harfenspieler III H. Wolf: Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen H. Wolf: Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blumen meine Glieder H. Wolf: Denk' es, o Seele H. Wolf: Gebet H. Wolf: Fußreise H. Wolf: Gesang Weylas (1888) H. Wolf: Seufzer H. Wolf: Der Freund H. Wolf: Herz, verzage nicht geschwind (from: Spanisches Liederbuch – Weltliche Lieder) H. Wolf: Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Michelangelo (Wohl denk' ich oft, Alles endet, was entstehet, Fühlt meine Seele) M. Reger: Der Einsiedler op. 144a M. Reger: Hymnus der Liebe op. 136 M. Reger: Requiem op. 144b M. Reger: An die Hoffnung op. 124
Artists:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Bariton) Münchner Rundfunkorchester (Orchester) Stefan Soltesz (Dirigent) St. Michaelis Chor Hamburg (Chor) Monteverdi Chor Hamburg (Chor) Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchester) Gerd Albrecht (Dirigent)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchestral Songs

Hardly any other singer was more MP1902
MP1902 associated with and devoted to the nigh 300 songs by the Austrian composer Hugo Wolf than Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Utterly convinced by the richness of Wolf’s oeuvre, Fischer-Dieskau took Wolf’s previously hardly heeded songs to many stages throughout the world. Reger was frowned upon as an ‘awkward traditionalist’ and ‘piece worker’, but Reger’s songs show a completely different, moving and profound side of the composer, who takes a significant position in the song composition of the turn of the century. Even Fischer-Dieskau did not devote himself to Reger exactly frequently, unlike his downright encyclopaedic approach in other fields. In his recording of a number of particularly fine gems among Reger’s orchestral songs, he was supported by Gerd Albrecht. The outcome is an artistic symbiosis of the highest quality, testifying to a passion and ardency that can be found seldom: a veritable sound document!