Concerts
At each moment, Landauer performed his masterly presentation of the diction
of the text in an exemplary manner, unbelievably exact, marvellously soft,
light and non-tensely soared up, at the same time had remarkable presence in
the lower registers, I would like to call his always precise intonation
nearly a miracle.
Salzburger Nachrichten
...the highly transparent countertenor voice of Bernhard Landauer sounded
from the loft. With almost ethereal beauty, he sang Ave Maria, Pater Noster
and - a heavenly beautiful, forming a dome of sound - Alleluja by Giacinto
Scelsi, and the church room almost started to float.
Salzburger Nachrichten
First and foremost, the alto singer Bernhard Landauer sings tender tones
with enchanting beauty without rushing over the cruder moments: His final
travesty appearance as a pungent "maiden" in the lasciviously sensual Tempus
est iocundus is, one may not want to believe it, but ... comical!
musikansich.de
Again the wonderfully flexible, slim and yet never mannered voice, which
instead has become slightly but clearly more powerful, exact recitation and
clear understanding of the text won over. Landauer convincingly embodied
love exhaustion of miller's apprentice, who entrusts his secret to the
nature, to the stream, in a way to the constantly flowing water of life.
Salzburger Nachrichten
Countertenor Bernhard Landauer made the solo originally intended for a boy's
voice sound so purely, so immaculate that one must call it a revelation, in
which the Wiener Concert-Verein took a part with its immaculate brass and
warm string sound.
Wiener Zeitung
Opera
Bernhard Landauer's powerful countertenor is a comic sensation as Carmelo.
Financial Times
The second male role with an alto, the childlike - although lustful -
younger brother of Cleopatra, Tolomeo, is simply a theatrical stroke of
genius and for each opera buff, a delicacy: Austrian Bernhard Landauer -
slender, fair skinned and obnoxious - fulfils all facets of this shady young
kid with dreadful perfection.
Westfälische Nachrichten
The casting exactly fits the figures and the 'sound'. Particularly Bernhard
Landauer as Oberon is brilliant as a singer as well as in the play.
Kronen-Zeitung
Oberon was by a tall and extremely thin appearance of crystal clear
countertenor Bernhard Landauer, who made almost bodiless fantastic casting.
Tiroler Tageszeitung
CDs/DVDs
Mr. Landauer is absolutely the very finest countertenor I have ever heard.
His voice is perfectly seamless; every note of his range from lowest to
highest is of the ideal weight and timbre. His flawless rendition of Axe
Phebus aureo, is a tour de force of musical story telling, delightful in its
contrasts and scene painting.
musicweb.uk.net
...belongs to very the best of his vocal category; his interpretation of
the aria "Sed signifer" in the Offertorium of the Requiem is one of the
lyrical high points of the precording.
Musikland Tirol
Most impressive about this recording was the naturalness and the clarity
with which countertenor Bernhard Landauer tackles this eminently emotive
music in spite of its partially technically demanding polyphony.
KLASSIK heute
The voice is haunting, seductive, without some of the predictable and
'precious' mannerisms of too many countertenors I've heard on record.
American Record Guide
Translation: Emiko Hall