The Scottish mezzo and her experienced pianist place Mahler in the context of one of the earliest masters of Lieder and one of his own greatest contemporaries. With the exception of the first of the Op. 15 group (whose text is by Michelangelo), Strauss’s 1884-6 collection set texts by the poet and art collector Adolf von Schack.

• Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
  • • Die junge Nonne D828
    • An den Mond D193
    • Nacht und Träume D827
    • Rastlose Liebe D138
    • Frühlingsglaube D686
    • Gretchen am Spinnrade D118
• Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
  • • Kindertotenlieder
• Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
  • • Madrigal Op. 15 No. 1
    • Winternacht Op. 15 No. 2
    • Lob des Leidens Op. 15 No. 3
    • Aus den Liedern der Trauer Op. 15 No. 4
    • Heimkehr Op. 15 No. 5