Hyperion Records

CDJ33037

Recording details: Various dates
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: September 2000
Total duration: 79 minutes 18 seconds

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
CRITIC'S CHOICE, FONOFORUM,GERMANY
ECHO KLASSIC 2000 AWARD, GERMANY
PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK

'John Mark Ainsley sings the Rellstab songs with finesse, sensitive phrasing and great expression. In all, a magnificent achievement. Hats off to Schubert – and to Graham Johnson' (The Singer)

'This is an exquisite envoi to one of the great enterprises of recording history. Thank you, Graham Johnson, thank you, Hyperion and thank you, Franz Schubert' (International Record Review)

'This is an awesome achievement, a must for all Schubertians' (Sunday Times 'Record of the Week’)

'A thrilling finale. Few series of recordings so richly repay detailed study, and no disc from it more than this culminating issue'(The Guardian 'Classical CD of the Week’)

'A glorious conclusion to this magisterial edition' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Flawlessly performed'(Daily Express)

'A consistent joy'(Hi-Fi News, Record of the Month A:1*)

'Ainsley interprets his songs with the tonal beauty, fine-grained phrasing and care for words that are the hallmarks of his appreciable art … All in all, a worthy, inspired conclusion to the Edition…faultless throughout' (Gramophone)

'Riches galore – subtle, simple, dramatic, profound, and often all at once' (Classic FM Magazine 'Record of the Month’)

Independent on Sunday 'Disc of the Week’

'It’s execution remains as glorious as its conception, and sets a standard that will never, in all likelihood, be surpassed' (The Capital Times, USA)

'One of the most important and handsome undertakings in the century-old history of recorded music' (The Spectator)

'One of the monuments of recording history' (Wall Street Journal)

'One of the great achievements of recording history' (BBC Music Magazine)

'One of the most important achievements in the history of recording' (International Record Review)

'Clearly established as one of the finest achievements in the history of recording' (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

'A magnificent project' (BBC Music Magazine)