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Positively glorious

10/27/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I don't know what planet the other reviewer lives on, but this recording is by far the finest I've every heard. Peter Schreier is at his usual impeccable best: dramatic, atuned to both lyric and music and Lott matches him well, except for some occasional intonation problems. I've heard a lot of Wolf songs, and in most cases, got bored in the middle. This recording showed me that it's not the songs that put me to sleep, it's the way they are usually sung. I couldn't stop listening to this one. Few artists in our time come anywhere near close to the level of artistry of Peter Schreier and frankly, I've never heard him do anything at all, this performance included, that wasn't artistically satisfying and basicly beyond reproach."