Christian Gerhaher
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Gerhaher twins the Eichendorff Liederkreis with Schumann's four settings of poems by Hans Christian Andersen - and reveals, in minutely sensitive, sometimes harrowing performances their emotional... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2008, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Vocal Award Winner
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Building A Library, September 2021, Also Recommended
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There has never been a Schumann collection from a single singer to rival this one, and the choice of Gerhaher was an inspired one. He has made an important contribution to Schumann scholarship,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, November 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, Complete Edition of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Vocal
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Song
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Both in his musical and literary responses, Christian Gerhaher leaves nothing unquestioned. Each word is weighed. Each note calibrated. Yet for all that, seemingly spontaneous and instinctive,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Male Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Christian Gerhaher is one of the most exciting German baritones on the Lieder scene at the moment, with his outstanding natural voice, immaculately groomed to enable a powerful musical sculpting... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Vocal
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
RecommendedChristian Gerhaher (Pelléas), Magdalena Kožená (Mélisande), Bernarda Fink (Geneviève), Franz-Josef Selig (Arkel), Gerald Finley (Golaud), Elias Mädler (Yniold), Joshua Bloom ((Shepherd/Doctor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Kožená’s Melisande has a firm streak of red-blooded coquettish defiance that is effective, even if it belies the character’s customary blanched fragility. Christian Gerhaher’s Pélleas is similarly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera Recording (20th/21st century)
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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…outstandingly imaginative piano playing of Gerold Huber. He counterpoints voice and piano with the subtext within the settings, often with revelatory results. Both Gerhaher and Huber pace... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Building a Library, May 2023, Recommended Recording
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Schumann: Myrthen
RecommendedChristian Gerhaher (baritone), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano)
Christian Gerhaher has long been recognized as one of the foremost Lieder artists of our time. In many ways, Gerhaher’s lyric baritone and penetrating, detailed interpretations are reminiscent... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended recording
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Gerhaher’s outstanding qualities – a heavenly baritone, crisp diction, intelligent address – once again find an echo in Huber’s pianism. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Terezín / Theresienstadt
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone) & Gerold Huber (piano)
…despite all their suffering, the music that was written and performed there expresses a strong will to live and attests to the power of the creative spirit… Such feelings are omnipresent in... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Vocal Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, Disc of the month
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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Heinz Holliger: Lunea
Christian Gerhaher (Lenau), Juliane Banse (Sophie), Ivan Ludlow (Anton Schurz), Sarah Maria Sun (Marie/Karoline), Annette Schönmüller (Therese)
Philharmonia Zurich, Basler Madrigalisten, Heinz Holliger
Gerhaher is astonishing in the virtuoso principal role...traversing the gamut of language and expression from song to speech. Yet this is an ensemble piece, in which past and present lovers... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Contemporary Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Composer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - World Premiere Recording
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