Peschko, Sebastien
Alias : Sebastian Peschko
Sebastian Peschko was born in Berlin, the son of the organist and private lecturer Paul Peschko. From 1927 to 1933 he studied at the Hochschule für Musik (today: Berlin University of the Arts), since 1930 supported by a Bechstein scholarship. During that period he was a student of the great Edwin Fischer. In 1933 Peschko won the prestigious Mendelssohn-Award. From 1934 until 1950 he toured and played alongside Germany's foremost lyric baritone singer, Heinrich Schlusnus, all over the world. Peschko was highly regarded as the piano partner of many eminent singers, amongst many others: Theo Altmeyer, Erna Berger, Walter Berry, Rudolf Bockelmann, Grace Bumbry, Franz Crass, Lisa Della Casa, Karl Erb, Nicolai Gedda, Agnes Giebel, Ernst Haefliger, Ilse Hollweg, Werner Hollweg, Heinz Hoppe, Christa Ludwig, Maria Müller, Hermann Prey, Ruth-Margret Pütz, Walther Pützstück, Erna Sack, Hanna Schwarz, Franz Völker, Bernd Weikl and Marcel Wittrisch. [source from Wikipedia]
All performances
Brahms, Johannes
- No. 1 Ho there, Gypsy! Strike resoundingly each string!
- No. 2 High and towering river Rima
- No. 3 Know ye, when my loved one is fairest of all this
- No. 4 Dear God, Thou know'st how oft I've rued this
- No. 5 Brown the lad, blue‑eyed the lassie
- No. 6 Rosebuds three, all on one tree, ye bloom so red
- No. 7 Art thou thinking often now, sweetheart
- No. 11 Rosy evening clouds hand in the firmament