"The German soprano's virtues are well in evidence. There's no doubting the integrity and intelligence of her performances, and there's much to admire in her tidy, restrained way with the Four Last Songs - for which she receives sensitive, detailed accompaniment. There are things to enjoy in the other songs, too, not least in a suitably brittle, edgy account of the Three Ophelia Songs, with Helmut Deutsch's piano-playing, here as throughout, exemplary".