With two award-winningrecordings under their beltalready, Mark Padmore andPaul Lewis conclude theirSchubert song cycles withthe magnificentSchwanengesang. While listening to this, Iwas struck with the independence of eachmusician; while they dance around eachother musically, they keep separate identitiesthat evoke more than simply a singer andpianist. This is a recording of mastermusicians – three of them to be precise: aconsummate composer in Schubert, a crisplydelightful singer in Padmore and a virtuosic,musical pianist in Lewis.