...When GerhaherHuber started out recording for the Munich based upstart Arte Nova label[1], the two major Schubert cycles, Müllerin and Winterreise, were an obvious choice. But the Duo hadn’t quite arrived at its peak mutual artistic maturity yet. Both cycles are very good and easily recommendable, but they are not indicative of what puts that duo into a league of their own. I always recommended them with the caveat that the ‘real deal’ was much more impressive, still. When the two performed Die Schöne Müllerin at the 2013 Salzburg Festival, however, they had clearly arrived:...
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 Franz Schubert, Die Schöne Müllerin, Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber, Sony  |
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