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There’s certainly no shortage of outstanding recordings of this cycle but this new one – considered, refined and beautifully sung, played and recorded – is among the most satisfying and quietly... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Male Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Song
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Special offer. Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Julian Prégardien (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano)
As the young man’s love turns from joy to frustration and finally despair Prégardien seems to diagnose schizophrenia with the voice bullishly confident and then almost hollowed out and drained... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Spence ranges with great nuance through romance, awkwardness, brashness, selfdoubt, the madness and loneliness of unrequited love, the vulnerability, all done with that little bit of theatricality... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Overall, these two musicians are so confident and polished, it ’s hard to see why the much-adored girl isn’t besotted with this robust, healthy, velvet-voiced lover with his equally smooth and... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Special offer. Die schöne Müllerin / Schwanengesang / Winterreise
Michael Gees, Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (early keyboard instruments)
My desert-island choice for a highly cultivated yet quite personal tenor-voice foray into Schubert’s world. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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This is easily the most searching and comprehensive account of Schubert's first great song-cycle that I have heard...Kaufmann commands a hypnotic tone which leaves one, as the long last song... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, Choral & Song Choice
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Lied
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This is a most distinguished account. Gerhaher’s voice, a fairly light baritone, retains its youthful sound and his articulation is superb – this is someone living the words, not reporting on... — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Lied
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Williams sings intelligently, thoughtfully and beautifully, and both he and Burnside give the impression of having rethought and re-examined every song; they are also unusually faithful to Schubert’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Special offer. Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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