Maximilian Schmitt and Gerold Huber explore thebreadth of Brahms’s song-writing art in their recital’sfirst half, embracing everything from austerereflections on happiness lost to the tender lyricismof ‘Es schauen die Blumen’.
Two sublime songs byHindemith preface a second half devoted to ten ofSchubert’s best-known vocal works, including settingsof Shakespeare, Rückert, Hölty and Mayrhofer.