An die Nachtigall Op 46/4
Schwermut Op 58/5
Dein blaues Auge Op 59/8
Heimweh I Op 63/7
Heimweh II Op 63/8
Heimweh III Op 63/9
Alte Liebe Op 72/1
Sommerfäden Op 72/2
O kühler Wald Op 72/3
Verzagen Op 72/4
Todessehnen Op 86/6
Fünf Lieder Op 94
Mit vierzig Jahren
Steig auf, geliebter Schatten
Mein Herz ist schwer
Sapphische Ode
Kein Haus, keine Heimat
Komm bald Op 97/5
Wie Melodien Op 105/1
Auf dem See Op 106/2
Maienkätzchen Op 107/4
Vier ernste Gesänge Op 121
Denn es gehet dem Menschen
Ich wandte mich, und sahe an alle
O Tod, wie bitter bist du
Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelzungen redete

Graham Johnson’s latest Lieder project for Hyperion reaches its fourth volume. Brahms is of course a giant of the Romantic era but his songs and vocal works are rather less well known than much of his other music. There is so much to discover and enjoy in the beautiful, often elegiac melodies and characteristic piano writing.

In some of these recitals an opus number will be presented in its entirety: here it is the songs of Op 94, as well as the Vier ernste Gesänge of Op 121. The singer is the bass-baritone Robert Holl, acclaimed as simply one of the most profound artists of the genre and recently praised for the ‘unparalleled depth and complexity’ of his live performance (The Independent).