Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin; Lieder

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin; Lieder

This is cultivated, beautiful singing, and Baldwin is a most sensitive accompanist. But the total effect is bland, and the great Schöne Müllerin cycle remains obstinately indoors. Michael Tanner


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3

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:33 pm

COMPOSERS: Schubert
LABELS: Newton
WORKS: Die schöne Müllerin; Lieder
PERFORMER: Souzay (baritone), Baldwin (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 8802012

This is cultivated, beautiful singing, and Baldwin is a most sensitive accompanist. But the total effect is bland, and the great Schöne Müllerin cycle remains obstinately indoors. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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