“… This recording was made during a performance at the Festival Hall in Bad Urach, on October 4, 1998, and was released in 1999 by Capriccio. This is a reissue. One possible interest for opera lovers is the opportunity to hear the young Jonas Kaufmann, still in the beginning stages of his career… His star quality is evident here; he is clearly a notch or more above the rest of the cast, though no one is less than adequate… Peter Falk conducts idiomatically and keeps things moving … The recording of a live concert performance is well balanced, with virtualy no audience intrusion. Ekkehard is pleasant enough to liten to as a tuneful and beautifully orchestrated score …”
Henry Fogel – Fanfare – September/October 2020
"... Kaufmann is a phenomenon in any role, and the main female singers combine accuracy with real thrust. And we get to hear Christian Gerhaher, who is now one of the great exponents of art song, in the comprimario role of Rudimann."
Ralph Locke - American Record Guide - July/August 2020