Florian Boesch

Boesch’s flexible and rich-grained baritone blends with the colourful support of Malcolm Martineau at the piano to offer splendidly characterised accounts of the Schumann…It’s in the Mahler,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The tone of voice, so perfectly captured by Floraian Boesch’s securely focused yet nonchalant baritone, is very much that of the so-called ‘new objectivity’ of the 1920s…the piano accompaniments,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The light, textured baritone of Florian Boesch finds excellent employment in this Schubert collection, flawlessly accompanied by Malcom Martineau. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I’m still in two minds as to how well this completion of Schubert’s score (fleshed out with a reupholstered scherzo and an en’tracte from Rosamunde) hangs together, but the poise and lyricism... — Presto Music, January 2019 More…

What I notice especially on the new disc is Boesch’s way with the words: there’s a special lightness – though never a levity – that helps keep his line unencumbered, allowing for an astonishing... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017 More…

Boesch is a wonderful Schubert singer...the range of his full, rounded bass-baritone voice, always in tune, is remarkable. — International Record Review, March 2015 More…

if you can accept a measure of vocal unevenness, you'll find [Boesch's] Schöne Müllerin an unflinching exploration of emotional extremes, with baritone and pianist in symbiotic partnership...the... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 More…

A thoroughly persuasive and well-rounded disc. — MusicWeb International, January 2019 More…

Schade is always an involved, communicative singer, eagerly responsive to mood and verbal detail, and excelling in tenderness and intimacy…the diamond-bright Spanish-English soprano Sylvia Schwartz... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2016 More…

Perhaps the distinguishing feature of this version is the accompaniment of Malcolm Martineau, who contrives to bring some new insight to every single song, without ever sounding mannered...Florian... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…