art direction Fred Münzmaier
baritone vocals Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
booklet editor Eva Zöllner
tracks 6-1 to 7-8 engineer [balance engineer] Alfred Steinke
tracks 7-9 to 7-16 engineer [balance engineer] Günter Hermanns
tracks 8-15 to 8-31, 9-1 to 9-12 engineer [balance engineer] Hans-Peter Schweigmann
tracks 1-12 to 1-16, 3-1 to 4-21, 5-14 to 5-22 engineer [balance engineer] Harald Baudis
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-20 engineer [balance engineer] Heinrich Keilholz
tracks 8-1 to 8-14 engineer [balance engineer] Karl-August Naegler
tracks 5-1 to 5-5 engineer [balance engineer] Werner Wolf
tracks 8-1 to 8-14 engineer [recording engineer] Jürgen Bulgrin
tracks 8-15 to 8-31, 9-1 to 9-12 engineer [recording engineer] Klaus Behrens
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 9-1 to 9-6 executive-producer Dr. Fred Hamel
tracks 1-12 to 1-16, 3-1 to 4-21, 5-14 to 5-21 executive-producer Elsa Schiller
illustration [booklet, "orpheus und eurydike"] Irma Kaltenbach-Seidat
illustration [cover illustration] Ward Schumaker
liner notes [a life retold, a summary of the interview] Alan Newcombe
liner notes [words and music, on dietrich fischer-dieskau's 80th birthday] Werner Pfister
tracks 2-13, 2-14, 2-22, 3-17 to 3-35, 4-1 to 4-16, 5-7 to 5-13, 8-1 to 9-12 mastered by Emil Berliner Studios
photography by [booklet cover photo] Franz Gittenberger
photography by [booklet, p. 11] Herbert Tobias
photography by [booklet, p. 20] Anonymous
photography by [booklet, p. 24 bottom, p. 47] Deutsche Grammophon
photography by [booklet, p. 25 bottom, p. 30] Max Jacoby
photography by [booklet, p. 25 top] Jürgen Kranich
photography by [booklet, pp. 8, 16] Rudolf Betz
tracks 8-1 to 9-12 producer [recording producer] Cord Garben
tracks 9-13 to 9-20 producer [recording producer] Hannes Reinhardt
tracks 3-1 to 3-35, 4- 16 to 4-21 producer [recording producer] Hans Ritter
tracks 7-9 to 7-16 producer [recording producer] Hans Weber
tracks 4-1 to 4-15 producer [recording producer] Jerry Destinn
tracks 1-12 to 1-16, 5-1 to 5-5, 5-14 to 5-22, 6-1 to 7-8 producer [recording producer] Wolfgang Lohse
product manager [project manager] David Butchart
tracks 2-13, 2-14, 2-22, 3-17 to 3-35, 4-1 to 4-16, 5-7 to 5-13, 8-1 to 9-12 remastered by Gernot Von Schultzendorff
Phonographic Copyright (p) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Copyright (c) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Recorded At Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
Recorded At Johanniskirche, Göttingen
Recorded By Kleist-Saal, Berlin
Recorded At Wiener Konzerthaus
Recorded At Studio Lankwitz
Recorded At RIAS Tonstudio, Berlin
Recorded At RIAS Berlin
Recorded By Musikhalle, Hamburg
Mastered At Emil Berliner Studios
Pressed By EDC, Germany
Mono / Stereo (1-12 to 1-16, 5-20 to 5-22, 5-9 to 5-16, 8-1 to 9-12).
ADD (1-12 to 1-16, 5-1 to 5-5, 5-14 to 5-22, 6-1 to 7-16).
ADD Original Image Bit Processing (OIBP) (1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-12, 2-15 to 2-21), 2-23, 2-24, 3-1 to 3-35, 4-16 to 4-21).
ADD 96 kHz/24 bit (2-13, 2-14, 2-22, 4-1 to 4-15, 5-7 to 5-13, 8-1 to 9-12).
AAD (9-13 to 9-20).

• CD1 Recordings:
Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 20-22 June 1951 (BWV 56 & 82) (LP 14 004) (Mono).
Göttingen, Johanneskirche, 31 July - 2 August 1950 (BWV 4) (LP 14 079) (Mono).
Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 10-12 April 1960 (Giulio Cesare) (LP 138 637) (Stereo).

• CD2 Recordings:
Berlin, Kleist-Saal, 20 September 1949 (op. 121) (LPE 17 047) (Mono).
Berlin, Kleist-Saal, 14 April 1950 (tracks 5, 7 to 10, 13, 14) & 19 January 1951 (tracks 5, 11, 12, 15 to 20) (LPM 18 005) (Mono).
Berlin-Dahlem, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 4 January 1951 (Falstaff) (LPM 19029) (Mono).
Berlin, 8 December 1949, Matrix 01677 kk (track 22), Tape A245 (tracks 23 & 24) (Mono).

• CD3 Recordings:
Vienna Konzerthaus, Hugo-Wolf-Saal, 7-8 February 1957 (op. 48) (LPM 18 370) (Mono).
Vienna Konzerthaus, Hugo-Wolf-Saal, 12-13 January 1957 (7 Lieder & op. 35) (LPM 18 380) (Mono).

• CD4 Recordings:
Berlin, Studio Lankwitz, 23-27 April 1957 (Die Schöne Magelone) (LPM 18 388-89) (Mono).
Vienna Konzerthaus, Hugo-Wolf-Saal, 7-8 February 1957 (6 Lieder) (LPM 18 380) (Mono).

• CD5 Recordings:
Berlin, RIAS-Studio, 14 December 1956 (Fünf Neapolitanische Lieder) (LPM 18 406) (Mono).
Hamburg, Musikhalle (Laeisz-Halle), 4 March 1957 (Live) (The Creation) (LPM 18 405) (Mono).
Berlin, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 24-28 May 1963 (Jedermann / Der Sturm) (LP 138 871) (Stereo).

• CD6 Recordings:
Berlin, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 8-12 September 1956 (Orpheus Und Eurydike) (LP 18 343-44) (Mono).

• CD7 Recordings:
Berlin, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 8-12 September 1956 (tracks 1 to 8 [Orpheus Und Eurydike]) (LP 18 343-44) (Mono).
Berlin, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 17-21 April 1961 (tracks 9 to 16) (LP 138700) (Stereo).

• CD8 Recordings:
Berlin, Studio Lankwitz, 6-7 December 1974 (Lieder) (LP 2533 295) (Stereo).
Berlin, Studio Lankwitz, 26-27 September 1972 (Early Goethe Settings) (LP 2533 149) (Stereo).

• CD9 Recordings:
Berlin, Studio Lankwitz, 26-27 September 1972 (Early Goethe Settings) (LP 2533 149) (Stereo) (ADD).
Berlin, RIAS Berlin, December 1960 (A Life Retold) (LP 18727) (Mono) (AAD).
Note: A Life Retold interview bits feature short excerpts from works by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven, Bach, Wolf, Mozart, Debussy, Schoeck, Henze, And Gluck.

(P) 1950 (2-1 to 2-4) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1951 (2-5 to 2-20) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1952 (1-1 to 1-11, 2-21) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1957 (3-1 to 4-21, 6-1 to 7-8) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1958 (5-1 to 5-13) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1960 (1-12 to 1-16) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1961 (7-9 to 7-16, 9-13 to 9-20) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1964 (5-14 to 5-22) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1973 (8-15 to 9-6) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1974 (9-7 to 9-12) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1975 (8-1 to 8-14) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 1988 (2-22) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
(P) 2005 (2-23, 2-24) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg

(C) 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg

This compilation (P) 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Made in the E.U.

Comes in clamshell cardboard box with each CD in individual cardboard wallet. Each wallet is a facsimile LP sleeve replica of the original release (front cover). Note that Labels and Cat#s appearing in the LP replicas are proper of the original releases and not of the reissues contained in this box. For this reason these info are mentioned in the notes above and not in the Barcodes and Other Identifiers / Label, Company, Catalog Number, Etc. sections. The box also contain a 50-page booklet.

Originally released in 2005 upon Dieskau's 80th Birthday Anniversary.
This is the 2012 reissue shortly after Dieskau's death (May 2012).
Sticker on Box (See Image Section):
1925-2012; A comprehensive survey of his 1950s DG recordings; Original cover-art sleeves; 48-page lavishly-illustrated booklet.
Barcode: 0 28947 75270 7 (Text)
Barcode: 028947752707 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 0173
Rights Society: D. P. (CD 1, CD 3, CD 4, CD 6, CD 8, CD 9)
Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM (CD 2, CD 5, CD 7)
SPARS Code: ADD (CD 1 to CD 8, CD 9 (Tracks 1 to 12))
SPARS Code: AAD (CD 9 (Tracks 13 to 20))
Other: 00289 477 5271 (CD 1 Catalog Number)
Other: 00289 477 5272 (CD 2 Catalog Number)
Other: 00289 477 5273 (CD 3 Catalog Number)
Other: 00289 477 5274 (CD 4 Catalog Number)
Other: 00289 477 5275 (CD 5 Catalog Number)
Other: 00289 477 5276 (CD 6 Catalog Number)
Other: 00289 477 5277 (CD 7 Catalog Number)
Other: 00289 477 5278 (CD 8 Catalog Number)
Other: 00289 477 5279 (CD 9 Catalog Number)