''By the time Goerne has finished the first two lines... we are hooked as surely as (but certainly more happily than) the trout in Die Forelle... There is not a wrong turn, a casually tossed phrase, or an infelicitous choice of tempo or expressive gesture. This is Schubert singing that both defines and celebrates the consummate singer at home with and in complete command of his material... Andreas Haefliger is a master accompanist, a truly sympathetic and where required assertive partner. Where Goerne captures the life and breath of the songs textual poetry, Haefliger understands and elucidates the same in Schubert's perfectly-conceived piano accompaniments... This is not only Goerne's best Schubert recording to date, but it s among the finest Schubert lieder recordings in the catalog.'' --Classics Today 10/10''For rapt inwardness and scrupulous care for tone production and a seamless legato line, Goerne has no equal today. His darkly mellow baritone, is a perfect instrument for the pantheistic reveries and barcarolles on this new disc... a thrilling, no-holds-barred send-off to a recital that is self-recommending for the baritone's many admirers... no singer cares more than Goerne for the beauty and eloquence of Schubert's melodies.'' --Gramophone''That baritone Matthias Goerne is one of the great lieder interpreters of our era is beyond question… this wonderful recording... finds Goerne in superb voice…'' --San Francisco Chronicle