Review by Samuel Haselhorn – Schubert: The Beautiful Müller

After Schubert’s extensive cycle with Matthias Goern, Harmonia Mundi now has a new multi-part edition. This time the focus is on Samuel Hasselhorn, accompanied by Amiel Pushakewitz on piano. At the beginning of “Schöne Müllerin,” the baritone shows creative courage by frequently changing dynamics and incorporating delays—not short crobatos, but to slow down entire lines. This creates your own, courageous and even borderline point of view that contains something circumstantial and at the same time something contemplative. Notice, wonder, think. Emil Puschakewicz also supports this approach, for example in the brief introduction to The End of Work. This creates a wide range of contrasting forms of expression within individual songs. Hasselhorn’s direct, warm and varied voice makes us eagerly await the next episodes of this edition.

Schubert: The Miller’s Beautiful Wife D. 795

Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Amiel Puschakewicz (piano)
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Samuel Haselhorn

Samuel Hasselhorn, born in Göttingen in 1990, is one of the most sought-after actors internationally in his field. The baritone studied opera singing at the Hanover University of Music with Marina Sandel and at the Paris Conservatory with Malcolm Walker. In 2018 he succeeded…even further