Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

PASSINGS: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bob Boozer, Jim Abdnor, Chuck Brown, Herbert Breslin

2012-05-20 17:58:00

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Renowned baritone championed German lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 86, a renowned baritone who led a worldwide revival in popularity for German lieder, died in his sleep Friday at his home in the southern German city of...

Visiting Verdi at the Musicians' Rest Home he founded in Milan

2012-02-04 16:33:10

Culture watch: A recently discovered 'Das Lied von der Erde' recording

2011-06-15 16:33:16

'The Ring,' captured on CD and DVD

2010-05-16 00:00:00

Complete "Ring" cycles have been a feature of the recording industry for some 50 years, first as a platform for the star conductor and lately for the star director. There are fast "Rings," profound "Rings," Eurotrash "Rings," even your father's "Ring," in...

L.A. in the grips of Gustavo-mania

2009-10-11 16:32:38

Music review: Hanns Eisler, a Marxist for our time?

2010-03-28 16:32:56

2012: The Year the Music Died (So Far)

2012-05-21 10:23:00

It’s not even June. But already this calendar year we’ve lost a gut-wrenching list of people who’ve impacted the music world: impresarios Don Cornelius and Dick Clark, R&B legends Johnny Otis and Etta James, the incomparable Band...

Classical review, British tenor Ian Bostridge

2000-10-15 00:00:00

A New York critic, reporting on a recent recital there by Ian Bostridge, wrote that the young British tenor vanished completely into the songs he was singing. I had a somewhat different reaction to his Chicago recital debut Friday in Mandel Hall....

And the Grammy goes to...

2001-02-21 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Following is a list of winners from the 43rd annual Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center on Wednesday. Items with an asterisk were handed out during the televised portion of the ceremony. RECORD OF THE YEAR Beautiful Day --...

Classical review, Wolf Fest at Symphony Center

2002-10-15 00:00:00

Few artists are devoting more extended attention to the centenary of Hugo Wolf's death than Daniel Barenboim. He is anchoring three song recitals this season at Symphony Center that will bring together the Austrian composer's major lieder collections as...

Music review, Matthias Goerne at Ravinia

2001-07-07 00:00:00

Recital singing is a serious business with Matthias Goerne, and he insists on serious listening from his audience. At his superb recital of Robert Schumann lieder Thursday in Ravinia's Martin Theatre, he was quick to pick out patrons who dared allow their...

Music review, Matthias Goerne, with pianist Eric Schneider, at Symphony Center

2002-04-18 00:00:00

If the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau had not retired from the concert stage some years ago, he would have been singing lieder programs very similar to the one presented by Matthias Goerne, with pianist Eric Schneider, Tuesday at...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the title role of the Busoni opera "Doktor Faust" in Berlin in 1954.

1969-12-31 00:00:00