"... These performances are terrific, especially the Mahler. Boesch is always dependable as an excellent singing storyteller with superb vocal gifts of exquisite phrasing, skilful use of dynamics, immaculate disction, and varied vocal coloring. The ever-reliable Martineau is magnificent here... With such a stunning job here I hope that the two will record more Mahler, particularly the Rückert Lieder..."

“...This is lieder singing in the highest division! The twelve songs that constitute this cycle...may not have been more beautifully sung in recent times.”

Performance *****          Recording *****

“...Boesch's flexible and rich-grained baritone blends with the colourful support of Malcolm Martineau at the piano to offer splendidly characterised accounts...”

“...The interpretations are intriguingly evocative and I cannot remember hearing Mahler's ‘Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen’ this atmospheric.”

“......the way he goes from the virile nightly dialogue of “Waldesgesprach” so well characterised to the nocturnal hush and unearthly stillness of “Mondnacht” is extraordinary ..."

“...Boesch has a tone and a mode of delivery for every mood.”  ****

“...their Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen takes excellence to even greater levels.”

“...Florian Boesch sings with his usual subtlety...He's splendid in the Goethe songs, and in the Mahler...”

Performance *****          Sound: Balance 5   Inner Balance 3   Detail & Clarity :   Dynamic Range: 4

“......there is a sense of rapt concentration, acute emotional involvement and some of the most ravishing sounds you are ever likely to hear from a baritone.”