"Word-lively, supple and instinctive of inflection, Gerhaher is the perfect voice for a song such as Haydn's Flow gently, sweet Afton ... and his command of both English and Lallans Scots is formidable ... [The recording] is enhanced by the violin and cello playing of Anton Barachovsky and Sebastian Klinger, and the always sentient piano accompaniments of the faithful Gerold Huber".
Fono Forum
2016 April
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Christoph Zimmermann
2016 April
"In der Haydn-Gruppe wirkt der rechtens viel bewunderte Christian Gerhaher in Diktion und Ausdruck mitunter leicht gespreizt. Die intendierte Hommage an Fritz Wunderlich wird dann aber bei Britten spürbar, und bei Beethoven überrascht Gerhahers rustikaler Humor".
The gramophone
2016 June
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Richard Wigmore
2016 June
"Best of all are the bittersweet, sometimes disturbing Britten arrangements that form the recital's centrepiece. In beauty of tone and sensitivety to text and mood, Gerhaher's vividly "lived" performances are a match for any of his baritone predecessors".