COMPOSERS: Mahler
LABELS: Warner Apex
WORKS: Mahler: Wunderhorn-Lieder; Kindertotenlieder; Rückert Lieder
PERFORMER: Henschel (baritone); Hallé/Nagano
CATALOGUE NO: Warner Apex 2564 67538-9 (2001)
Henschel’s nimble baritone copes well with the bolder early Wunderhorn songs, but neither he nor Nagano can plumb the depths of Mahler’s monumental settings. David Nice