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Volume I, entirely performed by Elena Gerhardt accompanied by Coenraad V. Bos, presented a selection mainly from the Spanish and Italian songbooks and the Mörike songs.

For many years this scarce set was regarded as a collector's prize, and forms a distinct corpus within her recorded art.

Later volumes always included more than one singer.

Volume II: 16 of the 51 Goethe songs, all ( apart from McCormack ) accompanied by Coenraad V. Bos, but with Friedrich Schorr's Prometheus with the orchestral accompaniment.

Volume III: A selection of 17 items, including three Michelangelo songs, three Mörike songs, four from the Spanisches Liederbuch and six from the Italienisches Liederbuch.

All accompanied by Coenraad V. Bos.

Volume IV: 30 items from Italienisches Liederbuch.

Accompaniments by Coenraad V. Bos, Michael Raucheisen and Hanns Udo Müller.

Volume V: A selection of 20 songs ( mainly Mörike and Spanisches Liederbuch ).

Volume VI: Various.

Artists included Alexander Kipnis ( III, IV, V ); Herbert Janssen ( II, V ); Gerhard Hüsch ( II, III, IV, V ); John McCormack ( accompanied by Edwin Schneider ) ( II ); Alexandre Trianti ( II, III ); Ria Ginster ( IV, V ); Friedrich Schorr ( II ); Elisabeth Rethberg ( IV, V ); Tiana Lemnitz Each volume was accompanied by a booklet containing a short essay by Ernest Newman ( I: Words and Music in Hugo Wolf, II: Wolf's Goethe Songs, III: A Note of Wolf as Craftsman, IV: The Italienisches Liederbuch ) together with German texts, English translations ( by Winifred Radford ) and notes on each song ( by Newman ).