“Allen responds to the composer with unfailing vocal shading that can be both boldly dramatic and guardedly expressive. Besides, Allen’s innate feeling for phrasing means every note of Schubert is delivered with inherent sensitivity. There is also plenty of contrast as Thomas Allen varies his voice to suit the moment and none more so than in the grotesque Will o’ the wisp dance in Irrlicht and the pictorially atmospheric Frühlingstraum (Spring’s dream), which, like the rest of the songs, are clearly enunciated. Through his assiduous artistry, Allen draws one into the ethereal sphere of Schubert’s imagination.”
Pat O’Kelly, The Independent, 9 October 2014
“Sir Thomas holds the audience in a beautifully extended moment of silence, before the inevitable applause that follows. Standing ovations have become all too common in recent years, but on this occasion the audience’s reaction is spontaneous and well-deserved”
Michael Lee, Goldenplec, 8 October 2014
“‘Sir Thomas Allen, one of the finest baritones in the world’ … ‘One wonders how many performances of this work Sir Thomas Allen has presented? What a joy to hear his fresh, flawless voice at every dynamic. Never a waver with clear German text, matching easily with programme translations alongside for captivated listeners. There was minimum but relevant communication throughout. There was a discreet step forward for added drama, including subtle hand movements with a distinct conviction that this was a story being told to each individual in the venue’…’A recital to treasure.'”
Maggie Cotton, Birmingham Post, 21 October 2014
“Thomas Allen was in magnificent voice and, if some of the pianissimo passages would have come more easily to him earlier in his career, this was more than compensated for by the richness and power of his utterances, as he portrayed the anguish and despair of the traveller, bereft of hope in his lonely journey. More than this, Allen’s interpretation was personal and deeply felt. This was not the haunted musings of an individual at the end of a barren road and life. Rather, it was a defiant outburst of someone enraged at his fate and against the joys of which he had been deprived.”
Anthony Ogus, 27 October 2014
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