Throughout his life Johannes Brahms composed songs, including several cycles for two or more vocalists.

Accompanied by Doriana Tchakarova, Felicitas and Judith Erb now present the duets in a finely tuned Super Audio CD. With Magnus Dietrich, the ladies are joined by a truly youthful and radiant tenor for the clearly "male" pieces - a real asset, not only for the great ballads.

For only about half of the duets are the performance with two singers compulsory; Brahms even expressly intended the Romances and Songs, op.84, for one or two singers.

Felicitas and Judith Erb turn the tables and reinterpret many a Brahms song: Der tote Gast, for example, or Da unten im Tale, as well as the aforementioned Schwesterlein, appear in a completely new light in the performance for two.

On the Steinway concert grand "Manfred Burki" from 1901, Doriana Tchakarova performs the piano part with absolute certainty and a great sense for the intense mood of the individual works. From intimate to dramatic, from lyrical to sweeping, everything is there - a true listening pleasure, and not only in the three-dimensional reproduction.