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Christian Immler on Be Still My Heart
16th Mar 2026
In the run-up to the release of Raphaël Pichon's recording of the St John Passion (on which he sings the bass arias and Pilatus), the German singer discusses a recent passion-project of his own - a beguiling recital of songs by Wilhelm Grosz and Robert Gund with pianist Helmut Deutsch on Alpha Classics.
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Jonas Kaufmann's Doppelgänger
5th Sep 2025
The German tenor and his regular recital-partner Helmut Deutsch are on peak form in these 2020 accounts of Schumann's Dichterliebe and Kerner-Lieder, supplemented by a glimpse of a very young Kaufmann in the former cycle (and, in the case of the physical product, a DVD of Claus Guth's extraordinary staging of Schubert's Schwanengesang).
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Russian Romances from Piotr Beczała and Helmut Deutsch
25th Aug 2023
The Polish tenor and German pianist are both at the top of their considerable games in an eloquent and imaginative recital of songs by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, released today on Pentatone.
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Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch
17th Sep 2021
The long-term Lieder partners are absolutely in their element on a recital which delivers both drama and delicacy in spades.
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Christian Immler on Hans Gál
10th Feb 2021
The German bass-baritone talks to Katherine about Hidden Treasures (out now on BIS), featuring world premiere recordings of twenty-six songs which the Austrian-born composer 'laid aside'.
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Jonas Kaufmann & Helmut Deutsch: Selige Stunde
11th Sep 2020
Recorded 'in private quarters' during lockdown, the German tenor and pianist's recital of songs by Schubert, Strauss, Grieg, Zemlinsky, Mahler and others is a 'blessed hour' indeed.
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Selige Stunde
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
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Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch from Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch
11th Jan 2019
The German tenor, soprano and pianist have a ball with Wolf's 46 miniatures on love, loss and fickleness, recorded live in concert in Essen last year.
