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Kaufmann, Gerhaher

I really like Jonas Kaufmann's Die Winterreise. It's the only performance of this cycle by a voice higher than a baritone that I like.

On the other hand, Christian Gerhaher leaves me cold. On the one occasion I heard him live (Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez), his top notes were weak and strained, and he seemed to be trying to puff out his voice somehow to make it seem bigger (shouldn't have been an issue in the sold-out, relatively small Severance Hall). This was recorded for DVD/CD, and I'm guessing that the performances of his that made it to the final issue were from other nights that week--voice was a little better, but still not interpretively interesting.


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