Fischer-Dieskau/ Albis Quartet - String Quartets 1 & 4Klaus Fischer Dieskau, brother of the famous singer Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, was a long term leader of the well known Hugo Distler Choir he once founded. His string quartets encompass almost his entire creative life. The Albis string quartet indicates the place where the four ensemble members work: Magdeburg on the Elbe (lat. Albis). It was from there that concertmaster Sophie Tangermann, who graduated from the "Hanns Eisler University of Music",

Here Comes Santa Claus and Ernest Tubb has lost his blues and returns to serenade everyone with the dream of a White Christmas

the then-published poet Franziska von Hoffnaaß

Whispering Bells and Cool Shake along the way

Zacky Beatz

The sizzling hot result could be called "Latin Jazz

the will to combine this musical heritage to his more modern surrounding sounds never left

which may recall the neuroses attributed to Tchaikovsky

infectious

arias and the famous concert piece

'We Got The Beat'

a diverse background of cultural roots and influences including Indian

we've decided to compress the four years into one year per side: beginning in early 1965 and ending in very late 1968