Strauss: Songs – review

Duffy/Vignoles (Hyperion)Kiera Duffy's Strauss recital with Roger Vignoles forms volume five of Hyperion's retrospective of the composer's complete lieder. Better known in the US, Duffy tackles his songs for high or coloratura soprano, a repertoire fraught with perils, since Strauss on occasion demands levels of tonal warmth and dramatic attack that are frequently beyond the reach of singers capable of sustaining his high-flying lines. The main work here is the Brentano Lieder of 1918, and it is...

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