Siv Wennberg is one the greatest dramatic sopranos of our age. On the CDs issued in the series, Siv Wennberg demonstrates an enormous musical breadth, equally at home in the dramatic episodes as in the wonderful world of romances.

This fifth volume in the Sterling series includes performances of famous opera arias and some rare ones. The sleepwalker scene from Macbeth includes a high D flat in pianissimo at the end, a world-class performance where Siv Wennberg has few peers.

The Beethoven monumental concert aria Ah! Perfido was performed with Eliahu Inbal, an exellent conductor and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

The romances with piano features the five Rückert-Lieder, the only Mahler songs Wennberg ever performed. The album ends with Rossini, La regata veneziana with its three-line octave C. A very suitable end to this album of Siv Wennberg arias and songs.