Pablo Massa asked:

>I've seen that Herr Fischer-Dieskau hasn't been mentioned often in
>this (till now) short thread.  I don't think that he *must* be mentioned
>necessarily, but this silence about his person intrigues me.  I throw the
>glove, like Don Quijote with the portrait of Dulcinea: who in this list
>dislikes FD's Winterreise or Schwanengesang or whatever, and why?.

I don't exactly dislike F-D's Winterreise, but for me his style tends
toward the mannered, as if he's carefully thought over how he should sing
every word.  Certainly he has a beautiful and expressive voice, but I tend
to prefer singers who make Schubert sound more spontaneous.

Peter Goldstein