Erlkonig
Schwanengesang
Wanderers Nachtlied

Franz Schubert is without doubt Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's central composer where Lieder are concerned. Striking evidence of this is provided by the 1954 West German Radio recording of fourteen Schubert Lieder here reissued for the first time. Later in his career Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau summed up his precepts for song interpretation in published form. It is particularly fascinating to realise how closely these earlier performances conform to his later views.