The world of the liederabend or song recital, seems to have been a more common aspect of our musical life only a few years ago, even if we don’t pay too much attention to the occasional lament today about the decline in the art of singing (a lament no doubt as old as singing itself). But from today’s perspective it is indisputably impressive how Hermann Prey,

the successful opera singer, here offers a Schubert song recital grouped around the 'Schwanengesang', and all done with unimpeachable taste, mastery and seriousness, and interpreted in full possession of his enviable vocal powers.