Barry McDaniel sings Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Duparc, Ravel & Debussy

This first release of Lieder sung by Barry McDaniel impressively documents that the American baritone – contrary to media-driven perception, which unjustly tended to class him in the shadow of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who was five years his senior – was one of the outstanding singers in the post-war era. His interpretations are characterised by an interleaving of knowledge and naivety, feeling and craftsmanship, expression and impeccable singing. "Whatever I sing, I have to believe in it." That is exactly how these recordings sound.