One was on tenterhooks to see if she would essay the concluding set of Strauss songs.

"Lied der Frauen" was the last of three Strauss songs here.

And she, too, was rough in the Strauss songs, tinkering with the vowels of individual syllables, working hard to create the right effect.

Higher up, her voice seems to land in the right groove, and so there were enjoyable moments in some of her Strauss songs.

And in some favorite Strauss songs she found what she'd been searching for in Brahms: ways to make her highly individual style sound utterly compelling.

His voice seemed to tire a bit during the Strauss songs.

The four Strauss songs, in principal more congenial to a warmer, darker voice, worked very well indeed.

Then she thrillingly unleashed her voice in a concluding group of Strauss songs.

He did three Strauss songs (very well, resisting the temptation to oversing in "Zueignung").

Four Strauss songs better lent themselves to her full-voiced operatic delivery.