Hanno Muller-Brachmann, Graham Johnson - Schumann: The Complete Songs, Vol. 11 - Hanno Muller-Brachmann

Graham Johnson�s monumental and triumphant complete Schumann Songs edition comes to an end with an eleventh disc of rarities and delights. The first issue in the Hyperion edition of Schuman�s songs, with the soprano Christine Schafer, included a number of the composer�s later lieder, and with this last issue we come full circle in returning to some of the least known songs�music seldom heard on the concert platform. Hanno Muller-Brachmann appears in his debut recording for Hyperion. As well as a devoted lieder singer who has performed with some of the greatest pianists, he is also a considerable presence on the world�s opera stages and an acclaimed interpreter of Bach�s Passions. He brings all these qualities to this fascinating disc.Various duets and ensemble pieces are included on this disc and feature familiar and well-loved singers from elsewhere in this series, as well as the winner of the 2008 Kathleen Ferrier Prize: Katherine Broderick. The release is complemented by Graham Johnson�s renowned booklet notes, which make these discs things of such inestimable value.