Memoirs of an Accompanist

Contents

• Foreword by Alfred Brendel, Translator's note, Acknowledgements, Prologue,
• 1. Hermann Prey. The first concert,
• 2. ' . . . and dream a blissful dream.' Japan,
• 3. 'What a dream profession!' The years with Hermann Prey,
• 4. Even Karajan had to laugh. Childhood and adolescence,
• 5. The right partnership. Early years as a song accompanist. Ileana Cotrubas, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich,
• 6. Hermann Prey. Winterreisen and anecdotes,
• 7. Yumiko Samejima,
• 8. Josef Protschka,
• 9. Olaf Bar,
• 10. Brigitte Fassbaender,
• 11. Practising,
• 12. Working with the singer,
• 13. Bo Skovhus,
• 14. Bernd Weikl,
• 15. Peter Schreier,
• 16. Thomas Quasthoff,
• 17. Teaching,
• 18. Juliane Banse,
• 19. Dietrich Henschel,
• 20. Jonas Kaufmann,
• 21. Stefanie Iranyi,
• 22. Mauro Peter,
• 23. Of pianos and concert-grands,
• 24. The day of the concert,
• 25. The concert,
• 26. Page-turners,
• 27. After the concert,
• 28. Barbara Bonney,
• 29. Angelika Kirchschlager,
• 30. Programmes,
• 31. Andreas Schmidt,
• 32. Recordings,
• 33. Grace Bumbry,
• 34. Matthias Goerne,
• 35. The press,
• 36. Werktreue and liberties,
• 37. Michael Volle,
• 38. Diana Damrau,
• 39. Competitions,
• 40. Piotr Beczala,
• 41. Camilla Nylund,
• 42. Singers and accompanists,
• 43. The Liederabend - past and future,
• 44. Epilogue,
• Appendices Contributor biographies, The singers, Selected discography,
• Index of names