Song

The artistry of this American mezzo whose death aged 52 in 2006 is still profoundly mourned lives on in this disc which captures the unforgettable magnetism of her personality as well as the unique timbre of her voice.

The American mezzo Susan Graham sings chansons by 22 French composers from Berlioz to Ravel and others in a recital accompanied by Malcolm Martineau which covers a century of French song.

The American soprano, with Vignoles as her partner at the piano, contributes Volume 1 of the Complete Strauss Songs edition. Of the 19 tracks, some are rare items like the Oriental Songs.

26 songs, with singers who include Felicity Lott, Peter Schreier, Thomas Hampson and many more, accompanied by Graham Johnson. A real treat.

One of today's outstanding mezzo-sopranos sings a selection of familiar and unfamiliar with superb insight and lustre of tone.

Rich selection by this unforgettable soprano who went to the heart of each song in this recital recorded live in London in 1962. Disc contains an interview.

Perhaps the greatest of all song-cycles, sung by a master at the peak of his power, as was his accompanist. Every changing mood of the traveller through the winter landscape---his despair, false hopes, elation, memories---is limned in subtle detail and gradations of vocal tone by the German baritone. Included in EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series, this classic disc is one of dozens of this masterpiece, all with some claim on our attention, but this has it all.