Composers: Schumann, Poulenc, Zemlinsky
Compositions: Sechs Gesänge Op. 107, La courte paille, Walzer-Gesänge, Fiançailles pour rire, Gedichte und Requiem
Performers: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller s, Juliane Ruf p
Catalogue Number: Pentatone PTC5186810

In her first recording for Pentatone, the young German soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller shines in the songs of Schumann, Poulenc and Zemlinsky. Sensitively partnered by pianist Juliane Ruf, Müller illuminates each of these works with her fresh, bright tone, demonstrating elegance and breadth of phrasing as well as real textual nuance. Possessed of a full lyric coloratura instrument, with impressive breath control and a scrupulously even legato line, Müller’s manifold gifts are ultimately all in service...