Browse: Schubert - Erster Verlust, D226 (Goethe)

Both singer and pianist refined the art of simplicity...A more subtle virtue is the Partridges’ sensitivity to Schubert’s art of the unexpected. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2023 More…

the entire first disc is beautifully shaped as darkness gives way to early spring light, exaltation and consolation...at times, I wished someone could have coaxed just a fleeting smile or moment... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bostridge’s commitment to Schubert remains exceptional, as does, too, that of his marvellous colleague Julius Drake at the piano – a player of complete technical authority, and surely the tenor’s... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Richter is still early in her career, yet demonstrates astonishing versatility, insight and intelligence in this programme of Schubert songs. Gerold Huber’s extensive experience as an accompanist... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A voice more for Schöne Müllerin than Winterreise, Bostridge's fresh, buoyant, beautifully articulated tenor suits these Lieder perfectly. The literary and musical impulses are in perfect equilibrium,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Although uncomfortably challenged in the upper reaches of ‘Du bist die Ruh’, and momentarily effortful elsewhere, Schäfer’s lyric tenor is an ideal instrument for Schubert, marrying textual attentiveness... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

he sings this selection of Schubert's Goethe settings with keen attention to detail, youthful spontaneity, and an ample, attractive sound that is reminiscent of the fine-grained tone of baritone... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, 5 out of 5 stars 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…

To my mind, these previously unreleased BBC broadcasts from the late 1950s and early ‘60s contain some of Pears’s most alluring singing on record: highlights include an elegant ‘Hark, hark the... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, May 2018 More…

...for consistently high standards, thoughtfulness, sensitivity to words, perception and poetic instinct, not to mention the sheer quality of Fischer-Dieskau's singing, this has to be one of... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2006 More…