Critics and audiences alike have nothing but rapturous praise for the voice of anja harteros'. '.strtoupper('s')ome experts even regard her as the greatest female singer of the present day'. '.strtoupper('w')ith her broad palette of vocal colours, she is the ideal interpreter of romantic songs for voice and orchestra'. '.strtoupper('t')he fin de siècle atmosphere of berg's 'seven early songs', wagner's tristanesque conjuration of love in his 'wesendonck lieder' and mahler's focus on a world of private introspection in his 'rückert lieder' offer anja harteros ample scope for her multifaceted musical sensitivity.