Browse: Schubert - Heidenröslein, D257

Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The light, textured baritone of Florian Boesch finds excellent employment in this Schubert collection, flawlessly accompanied by Malcom Martineau. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s nothing at all reverential about Jeremy Sams’s translations of the 21 songs here. They are witty, fit the music like an expensive glove and tell good stories, but, importantly, they are... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The result will upset purists...And yet, the overall effect is unexpectedly pleasing – Schubert’s music in a jazz-inspired reimagining...Expression here comes through notational and textural... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

In these song recitals she is undoubtedly musical and accomplished, but the balance leans more toward beautiful vocalizing than interpretation. In the Schubert group there is a perfectly sustained... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the entire first disc is beautifully shaped as darkness gives way to early spring light, exaltation and consolation...at times, I wished someone could have coaxed just a fleeting smile or moment... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…