The programme leads the listener through Brahms essential vocal works and a splendid set or artists grant highest quaIity of interpretation: Donna Brown, Ingeborg Danz, Lioba Braun, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, GiIles Cachemaille, Carsten SuB, Radiosinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gachinger Kantorei, Helmuth Rilling, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius