Bryn Terfel: An die Musik Favorite Schubert Songs; Malcolm Martineau, piano;
DG CD 445 294 2

Should I eat my words of last month when I stated that Simon Keenlyside was the "best baritone interpreter of Schubert this country has ever had", for now we have Terfel challenging that verdict? But then Keenlyside can be termed English, Terfel Welsh, so I am exonerated. In any case, we can be proud Britain has two such young and accomplished Lieder singers. If one makes comparisons, one can hear in say is arrestingly clear and precise. It is good news indeed that the pair have been signed up by DG for more discs of Lieder: this one is pure pleasure.