He was attracted to the singing of Elena Gerhardt, whom he heard sing in London and developed an interest in lieder, especially those of Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann.
Elena | Elena Bashkirova | Elena of Montenegro | Elena Gerhardt | Elena Beloff | Santa Elena | María Elena Walsh | Elena Ledda | Elena Kagan | Elena Ceauşescu | Paul Gerhardt | Maria Elena | Elena Paparizou | Elena Delgado | Elena Burke | Santa Elena de Uairén | María Elena Batista | María Elena | Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo | Infanta Elena | Elena V. Pitjeva | Elena Vesnina | Elena Rzhevskaya | Elena Kamburova | Elena Kaliská | Elena Chernenko | Elena Bomeshko | Elena Arzak | Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt | Santa Elena, Ecuador |
Some singers who have made recordings of this work are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renée Fleming, Elly Ameling, Elena Gerhardt, Anne Sofie von Otter, Vesselina Kasarova, Bernarda Fink, Marilyn Horne, Donna Brown, Lisa Della Casa, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.