Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Mahler, Handel, Brahms, Peter Lieberson), Roger Vignoles, pianist; Wigmore Hall Live. May the archival recordings keep coming. This one, from a Wigmore Hall recital in 1998, features music by the late mezzo-soprano's husband, Peter Lieberson, as well as Handel and Brahms, and Mahler's Rückert Lieder. It's all performed with her signature blend of transcendent tonal beauty and grounded expressive honesty.

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