Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter.

Quote by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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All music has to speak in some form or other.

All music has to speak in some form or other.

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer...

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer...

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to...

Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to...

The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.

The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another,...

If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another,...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you...

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In...

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In...