Hans Werner Henze, Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake joined by six songs, Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen. We can listen to the last one, Das Paradies.
Next Monday is the 184th anniversary of Franz Schubert's death. These are my five reasons to love him, although each of his songs is a good reason. For instance, Abendstern, performed by Anthony Rolfe-Johnson and Graham Johnson.
This week we can listen to the unforgettable contralto Kathleen Ferrier singing the fourth song of the Kindertotenlieder by Gustav Mahler, Oft denk'ich sie sind nur ausgegangen.
The sadness of loneliness. The last song written by Tchaikovsky, Again, as before, alone performed by Georgy Nelepp and Matvei Sakharov.
