Schubert - Harfenspieler III 'Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass', D480

Boesch is a wonderful Schubert singer...the range of his full, rounded bass-baritone voice, always in tune, is remarkable. — International Record Review, March 2015 More…

Leif Ove Andsnes here deals beautifully with the Sonata itself. Andsnes's performance is smooth and warmly expressive, with the final tarantella going at a galloping lick. Bostridge, too,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, 5 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…

When the Hyperion Schubert Edition is completed, this latest wondrous offering will rank among its most precious jewels. Prégardien is a prince among tenor interpreters of Lieder at present,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

there is real intelligence [in Bastlein's singing]; a sense that he is viewing each song as a unity and as a miniaturised drama in its own right. As a first taste of what the series might offer... — The Guardian, 7th January 2000 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... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…this is one of the darkest, slowest Schwanengesangs on disc: there is a unique menace in the final 'Gute Nacht' of 'Kriegers Ahnung'; and 'In der Ferne' gives full, long weight to those six... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…