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Christian Gerhaher is one of the most exciting German baritones on the Lieder scene at the moment, with his outstanding natural voice, immaculately groomed to enable a powerful musical sculpting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Vocal
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While I’m instinctively sceptical about instrumental transcriptions of vocal works, I was persuaded by how well they work here, and the subtlety and intelligence of the performances…And in this... —
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Chamber Music (quartet)
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Two stanzas into the first song – ‘Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen’ – and you all but forget any misgivings you might have harboured about a countertenor tackling Schubert ’s lieder...Jaroussky’s... —
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Schubert: Nacht & Träume
RecommendedLieder with orchestra
Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor)
Insula orchestra & accentus, Laurence Equilbey
A surprisingly coherent musical experience. The revelation is the French composer Franck Krawczyk (b.1969) whose bubbling arrangement of An Sylvia had me smiling for days…Wiebke Lehmkuhl and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2017
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Special offer. Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Recommendedand other lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Franz Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra
Benjamin Appl (soloist), Munich Radio Orchestra, Oscar Jockel
The baritone’s voice, not a large, juicy or powerful instrument, is helped by the engineers (in performance, balance can be a major issue with these arrangements), allowing us to hear plenty... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
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Drang in die Ferne
Schubert Lieder and Icelandic Folksongs
Benedikt Kristjánsson (tenor), Alexander Schmalcz (piano), Tillmann Höfs (horn)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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With Gerald Moore (who returned to the studio out of retirement especially for the occasion) still at this finest, this is a hugely satisfying collection...There are no texts, but this remains... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Schubert (Un)finished
Symphony No. 7 in B flat major (D 759), Lieder with orchestra
Florian Boesch (bass-baritone)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Stefan Gottfried
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... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Nouveauté
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Arcayurek’s tenor voice has a pleasing baritonal hue to it, and there’s plenty of dramatic oomph when necessary, too. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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