Work: Lerchengesang (Song of the Larks), Op.70 no.2

The pleasure of Gerhaher’s comforting persona and his instinctive convergence with Huber’s pianism won over the Wigmore Hall audience – as they invariably do.

Gérard Caussé and Nicholas Angelich impress in Brahms, while Mischa Maisky joins Martha Argerich in Shostakovich. 

Canadian tenor Michael Schade confirmed his undisputed Mozartian credentials and brought vivid intensity to songs by Strauss at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.