Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Fischer-Dieskau) 

Secondo me qualcuno l'ha superato eccome... Poi è sempre questione di gusti personali e non è mai gara tra interpreti. Ognuno, per quel che può, porta il proprio contributo ed è bello così.

Maybe "no equal," but there was one that was even better: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QP_opfNBmOs.html

...purity, indeed.....a seamless legato like no other throughout his enormous range, but then he had so incredibly much to express in each of these songs and he had the vocal equipment to convey every musical, or dramatic thought perfectly, beautifully...There seems to be nothing he couldn't do. He was simply the very model of a great lieder singer.

14:00 -> 14:16 coda

Albert?

This is purely a matter of taste, but I think DFD's prime was during this period (1957-1965) when he performed this. However, I agree with the post that the 1954 recording is better than this. He also recorded it later. I have both recordings. But this has the advantage of actually seeing him live, which you don't often enough. Great facial expression and expressive eyes. DFD recorded some pieces several times over his career, and interesting to compare them.

1960

Can't get enough of this. Especially in springtime.

Maravilloso

No, he was completely there, total control of his falsetto.

Yes, he almost did it. That was not meant to be sang as 'falsetto'. I know this will irritate several DFD fans, but check how Prey sung it under Vaclav Naumann's baton years later: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DCYh1ojuOFE.html

​@@mendoncacorreia lol what do you mean it was not meant to be sang as falsetto? :D Of course it's meant to be, Mahler denotes ppp, and DFD did it perfectly (and in a way Hermann Prey would never have been able to). And also, DFD sings the "n" of "nimmer" on the correct note, unlike Prey :p

@@fabianherzog7083 It is written to be sung softly. The desicion wether to do it in falsetto or mezza voce (more skill required) is entirely the artist's. I agree that this is not an ideal A-flat from Prey who otherwise had the superior high voice of them both (Listen to "Mit deinen blauen Augen" by Strauss for example, or the Barber of Seville, a role FD never attempted).

@@moishemillerr Both singers are great! Just wanted to come to the falsetto defense

I know these tunes the other way. When I was 14 this was the hot classical record in 1962. And they never upgraded the Orchestral sound back then. Records were records of a performance even if the technology was deficient. So Ludwig's version suffered until much later. But Baritones do seem to get buried in the orchestra and become a baritone sandwich with 1/3rd of the orchestra holding them up and 2/3rds trying to bury them. As they often do with real contraltos. I will never argue against Ludwig but always prefer DFD slightly to greatly over many others.