1 Wach auf, mein Herzensschöne WoO33 No 16 [2'08]
2 Erlaube mir, feins Mädchen WoO33 No 2 [1'22]
3 Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund WoO33 No 25 [2'01]
4 Ein Sonett Op 14 No 4 [1'54;] 5 Ständchen Op 14 No 7 [3'18]
6 Der Kuss Op 19 No 1 [1'51]
7 An eine Äolsharfe Op 19 No 5 [4'03]
8 Magyarisch Op 46 No 2 [2'54]
9 Die Schale der Vergessenheit Op 46 No 3 [1'43] Fünf Lieder Op 49
10 Am Sonntag Morgen [1'26]
11 An ein Veilchen [2'46]
12 Sehnsucht [1'46]
13 Wiegenlied [2'01]
14 Abenddämmerung [4'38]
15 Mein wundes Herz verlangt Op 59 No 7 [1'54];16 Im Garten am Seegestade Op 70 No 1 [2'23]
17 Lerchengesang Op 70 No 2 [2'51]
18 Serenade Op 70 No 3 [1'21]
19 An den Mond Op 71 No 2 [3'17]
20 In Waldeseinsamkeit Op 85 No 6 [2'35]
21 Auf dem Schiffe Op 97 No 2 [1'07]
22 Es hing der Reif Op 106 No 3 [2'52]
23 Ein Wanderer Op 106 No 5 [3'02]
24 Die Sonne scheint nicht mehr WoO33 No 5 [1'21]
25 Wo gehst du hin, du Stolze? WoO33 No 22 [1'18]
26 Es steht ein Lind WoO33 No 41 [2'45]

Following the iconic series of the complete songs of Schubert and Schumann, Graham Johnson further demonstrates the phenomenal depth of his knowledge in the expert programming of this recital. Each disc in the series represents a different journey through the repertoire, and thus through Brahms’s life. This new volume is sensitively balanced, the opening and closing folksong transcriptions possessing beguiling charm and the five songs of Op 49 being performed in their entirety.

Hyperion is thrilled to welcome the young German tenor Simon Bode to the label. At home in the opera house and the recital hall, Bode possesses a controlled voice of great beauty, and gives performances of immediacy and conviction. Johnson, as accompanist, is immaculate and his usual scholarly notes are of course included.