Hertha Klust

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Hertha Klust (* 1907 in Berlin ; † March 1970 there ) was a German pianist .

Career

Hertha Klust, who trained as a singer ( mezzo-soprano ), worked as a répétiteur at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1949, despite increasing hearing loss , where she musically shaped a number of important singers, including Pilar Lorengar . In the concert hall she made a name for herself primarily as a song accompanist. In addition to Ernst Haefliger and Josef Greindl , she accompanied the young Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , which is documented by numerous radio and record recordings from the 1950s. The joint concert activity with Fischer-Dieskau began in July 1948 in the Titania-Palast in Berlin with a legendary rendition of Franz Schubert's “Schönen Müllerin” and lasted until the late 1950s.

In 1954 Hertha Klust received the Berlin Art Prize .

Discography (selection)

Recordings with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau:

  • Johannes Brahms: Four Serious Songs (1949)
  • Gustav Mahler: 3 songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (1952)
  • Johannes Brahms: The Beautiful Magelone (1953)
  • Franz Schubert: The Winter Journey (concert recording 1953)
  • Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, op.35 (concert recording 1954)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Six songs by Gellert, op.48 and 7 songs by Goethe (1955)
  • Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, op. 24 and "Der arme Peter", op. 53,3 (1956)
  • Hugo Wolf: Songs from the Italian songbook , from the Goethe songs, from the Mörike songs (1948-53)

Recordings with Ernst Haefliger:

  • Recital (songs by Schumann, Schoeck, Kodály and Wolf, 1958)

Recordings with Josef Greindl:

  • Carl Loewe: Ballads (1951)
  • Franz Schubert: The Winter Journey (1957)

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personal data
SURNAME Klust, Hertha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 1970
Place of death Berlin