Wolf, H - Schon streckt' ich aus (No. 27 from Italienisches Liederbuch)

This recital had no name; but it is pungent with Intimations of Mortality. Allen's noble baritone now incarnates this awareness superbly, whether in the numb grief of Hugo Wolf's 'Harper' songs... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Berger's grainy baritone is pleasing more than awe-inspiring...But he communicates with keen enthusiasm, and his word-lively Mozart Abendempfindung immediately draws the listener in to this... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

At last: a reissue of Hotter's 1953 Hugo Wolf recital, which forms the centrepiece of this release, and it's in far better, more immediate sound than on the original LP. Hotter's interpretations... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…