The great German dramatic soprano Anne Schwanewilms makes her debut on ONYX with a recital of lieder by Liszt and Mahler. Schwanewilms is renowned internationally for her interpretations of Strauss and Wagner.

An eminent lieder singer, Anne Schwanewilms works closely with leading lieder accompanists of our time – Charles Spencer, Roger Vignoles and Malcolm Martineau – with whom she has appeared in international concert halls in Barcelona (Gran Teatro del Liceu), Strasbourg, Madrid, Amsterdam, London (Wigmore Hall) and Washington (Kennedy Center). With Roger Vignoles, she has recorded a selection of songs by Richard Strauss, which was nominated by BBC Music Magazine as Vocal Recording of the Year 2008.

‘Schwanewilms has one of the great Strauss voices of the 21st century.’

Der Tagesspiegel, June 17, 2012

‘… the unchallenged number one among Strauss divas today.’

Berliner Morgenpost, June 8, 2012

‘… among the leading lyric Strauss singers of the day.’

Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph, January 30, 2011

‘Accompanist Charles Spencer had a nearly independent role, musically. Mahler’s songs are at times more like a double concerto for piano and vocals. The extended intro of “Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen”, with the allure of a piano sonata, gave Spencer every chance to show his ability… with the five Rückert-Lieder, the evening ended. Gone was the cabaret, here we heard spirituality and the central questions of life in text and music.’ François van den Anker, 5 March 2012

‘One of the most electrifying singers of our time’ BBC Radio Three, May 2009

‘One of the most consummate operatic performances I have ever seen’ BBC Music

Magazine (review of her Marschallin in the DVD of Der Rosenkavalier), February 2009