Strauss (R): The Complete Songs, Vol. 7 - Günter Haumer & Ruby Hughes
Günter Haumer (baritone), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
CDA68074
Volume 7 of our Complete Strauss Songs cycle focuses on the juvenilia. But the mysterious TrV references obfuscate compositions of a beauty hard to reconcile with the facts behind their genesis (Strauss was just six when he penned the first of them—his mother had to write in the words for him). Three new singers—Ruby Hughes, Ben Johnson and Günter Haumer—join Roger Vignoles in this most unexpected of recitals to relish.