In this period he composed five symphonies, four Masses, several string quartets, stage music, an opera and some of his most famous Lieder (in 1815 alone he composed no fewer than 140 songs). The ...

Alongside are seven songs by Schubert and one by Brahms, beautifully sung by Appl and two of them accompanied, with generous pedalling, by Kurtág himself. The recording ends with an 18-minute ...