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| Guardian, The Observer, 19 August 2001 |
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Schumann: Four songs from Opus 35 and Dichterliebe Opus 48; Liszt: Three
Petrarch Sonnets (1838 versions); Richard Strauss: Six songs
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Special report: the Edinburgh festival 2001
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| Jonas Kaufmann & Helmut Deutsch Queen's Hall |
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 One other star burst forth this week: the German
tenor Jonas Kaufmann, whose lieder recital with pianist Helmut Deutsch had
the Queen's Hall audience (and Radio 3 listeners) agog from start to finish.
He sings with mesmerising intensity, his voice flexible in range and
dynamic, his handling of the words perceptive but never exaggerated. His
searing account of Schumann's Dichterliebe was unforgettable - the familiar
song-cycle appeared new minted. Edinburgh is famous for its tattoo of pipes
and fireworks. Here was another kind, left indelibly on the memory. |
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