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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…

Renewed praise first of all for Graham Johnson.
This volume is as cogent an example as any of his method, a masterly exposition, in written words and musical performance, of the crucial relationship... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

...for consistently high standards, thoughtfulness, sensitivity to words, perception and poetic instinct, not to mention the sheer quality of Fischer-Dieskau's singing, this has to be one of... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2006 More…

Thirty-two discs are devoted to Schubert and 12 apiece to Wolf, Brahms and Schumann. That still leaves many others, each a witness to his specially penetrating delivery of the words...The recordings... — The Times, 7th December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…