Schubert - Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)

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... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The result is studded with performances heroic and tender. Kaufmann shows his outstanding dynamic and expressive range, from a close-miked, intimate whisper to gloriously powerful, full-throttle... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Ludwig presents them with disarming dedication and to hear the hackneyed Ave Maria sung like this is to realise afresh the beauty which all too often is jellied over with sentiment. Gervase... — Penguin Guide, 2010 edition, 4 out of 4 stars More…

Arcayürek is a young Turk, light of voice, but not in the English tenor mode…On the one hand, I am relieved to hear a singer who doesn’t go in for elaborate interpretation…On the other, I found,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

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... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition, 4 out of 4 stars More…

an exceptionally imaginative and satisfying piece of programming — BBC Music Magazine, October 2016 More…

It is good to hear a male singer perform Brahm’s Es war ein Markgraf überm Rhein and Mendelssohn’s Hexenlied, and Huang’s fleet fingers make light of some fearsomely virtuosic accompaniments.... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…