from "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone NHK Symphony, Paul Kletzki, conductor Filmed at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 24 October 1960 Fischer-Dieskau has always had an encyclopaedic knowledge of other singers. "It is remarkable when people say how different I am from earlier singers," he says, "because I overlapped with singers like Heinrich Schlusnus and Erna Berger and I was not conscious of being different in approach. On the contrary, I tried to be like them, to be as perfect as I thought they were." --from an interview with Martin Kettle on his 80th birthday, at Guardian Unlimited Arts Folks have told me that they have taken down DFD clips in the past, and this one may be removed as well. If you want to have it available to you always , save it to your computer via Video Downloader: javimoya.com Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, song 2 of the cycle, "Ging heut Morgen übers Feld" ("I Went This Morning over the Field") Wiki reports: The second movement, "Ging heut Morgen übers Feld" ("I Went This Morning over the Field"), is the happiest movement of the work. Indeed, it is a song of joy and wonder at the beauty of nature in simple actions like birdsong and dew on the grass. "Is it not a lovely world?" is a refrain. However, the Wayfarer is reminded at the end that despite this beauty, his happiness will not blossom anymore now that his love is gone. This movement is orchestrated delicately, making use of <b>...</b>
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