>Walter Meyer, who realizes the presumptuousness of his respons since >he hasn't heard every Lied by every composer, but hasn't heard any that, >in his opinion surpass Schubert's Lieder either. Brahms and maybe Britten >come close. So do Wagner (Wesendonck Songs) and Strauss (Four Last >Songs); forget about Hugo Wolf! I must disagree on Hugo Wolf. The Morike songs and the Goethe songs are marvelous. Walter, try Mitsuko Shirai singing "Kennst du das Land?" Bernard Chasan