Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge
Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
CDA68288
An inspired coupling of two contrasting yet complementary sets of ‘swansongs’. Despite the three decades separating Brahms’s and Schubert’s ages at the time of writing, both are among their composers’ very final works, poignant reflections on the transience of life.