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The Cleveland Orchestra offers a compelling take on Maher’s variegated and enigmatic Seventh Symphony, while Sir Simon Keenlyside prefaces with a fine selection of Lieder.

Pianist Julius Drake and his two singers probe the audience’s collective soul with the depth of their Mahler performances. 

Peter Mattei excels in five songs by Mahler and Manfred Honeck guides the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra through an unruffled account of Brahms' First Symphony.

Baritone Markus Werba shines in six military songs from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

Pappano never put a foot wrong as he dug precious beauties from beneath his fingers.

Theodor Currentzis and his musicAeterna bring blistering detail and revelatory playing to Wunderhorn-period Mahler, but it ultimately proves short on warmth. 

The baritone Thomas Hampson is a popular figure at the Salzburg Festival, having appeared there regularly since 1988, and at his Lieder recital with pianist Wolfram Rieger at the Haus der Mozart, one sensed a warm rapport between him and the audience. His programme consisted of Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 39, Dvořák’s Zigeunermelodien and Mahler’s songs based on the text of Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

Lieder recitals at the Wigmore Hall are usually very popular, so I was quite surprised at the number of empty seats at Monday’s BBC Lunchtime Concert by the distinguished tenor Christoph Prégardien and Christoph Schnackertz.

Christian Gerhaher y Gerold Huber transitaron por despedidas, desencuentros y desesperación en una cuidada selección de lieder de Mahler. Ambos intérpretes, profundamente compenetrados, ofrecieron un bellísimo recital como parte del Ciclo de Lied.

Trotz räumlicher Herausforderungen zeigt der Tenor Ian Bostridge mit dem hervorragenden Julius Drake am Klavier warum er als Meister der Lieder gilt.

Gemeinsam mit seinem Begleiter Wolfram Rieger gestaltet der Bariton einen Abend für die Freiheit und Menschenrechte.