Work: Liederkreis, Op.39

An old instrument, a veteran star singer, and a late rose all bloom at Oxford's annual songfest.

Mark Padmore's fine Wigmore Hall recital could have borne the title The Fallen Man as two of the works chart the downfall of men, albeit in very different ways. 

Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber leave the audience speechless in Madrid with an all-Schumann recital in an evening that will not easily be forgotten.