Browse: Schumann - Lied eines Schmiedes, Op. 90 No. 1

Morison’s mezzo basks in an almost inextinguishable warmth and radiance...Everywhere her sense of musical line is a wonder (pianist Malcolm Martineau conjuring wonderments of his own), though... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

With this recital Christian Gerhaher confirms his pre-eminence in Lieder, and bids fair to equal or surpass his fellow baritones by dint of his attractively warm, firm tone and his complete understanding... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Goerne is a virtuoso of the recording studio. He mostly keeps to a subdued, intimate murmur, and his molten legato is barely touched by consonants…Hinterhäuser’s flexible, tender accompaniment... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is a performance that offers something earthier, more tangible than mere Romantic navelgazing. There’s reflection, tenderness and Innigkeit aplenty, but also a hint of bitterness, a determination... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Like Gerald Finley…Oliemans sings the cycle in the past tense, emphasising nostalgia and resignation. But his chosen tempi tend to be even slower, provocatively so in the opening 'Im wunderschönen... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2016 More…

Bauer has a meaty, sizable voice and brings real engagement to the text. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…