SCHUBERT: 17 LIEDER. Felicity Lott, soprano; Graham...

SCHUBERT: 17 LIEDER. Felicity Lott, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano. MCA Classics MCAD-25235. Lott may not--yet--enjoy the international reputation she deserves. But this collection of Schubert’s greatest vocal hits affirms the British soprano’s place among the elite. A singer of equal sensitivity and sensuality, she revels in poetic insights, subtle expressive flourishes and abidingly radiant tone. With Johnson providing tasteful accompaniment, she savors the power of the tapered pianissimo but rises--sparingly and effectively--to heroic climaxes as needed. Not since the young Schwarzkopf. . . .