The Telegraph, 21 Dec 2007

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Classical CDs of the year

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) Harmonia Mundi HMC 901879

With a tone both muscular and capable of honeyed delicacy, Jonas Kaufmann provides the perfect retort to Strauss's barb that the tenor is less a voice than a disease. Helmut Deutsch is a virtuoso partner.