Born in Munich, Werner Güra has a reputation especially as an interpreter of lieder. His recordings for harmonia mundi, including the great cycles of Schubert, Schumann and Wolf and vocal ensembles by Brahms and Schumann, have all been widely acclaimed.

play Schubert: Heidenröslein, D 257

play Schubert: Schlummerlied, D 527

play Schubert: Wiegenlied, D 867

play Schubert: Geheimes, D 719

play Schubert: Ganymed, D 544

play Schubert: Auf, Der Bruck, D 853

play Schubert:, Der Fischer, D 225

play Schubert:, Dass Sie Hier Gewesen, D 775

play Schubert: Bei, Dir Allein, D 866

play Schubert:, Der Schiffer, D 536

play Schubert: Willkommen & Abschied, D 767

play Schubert:, Der Wanderer, D 493

play Schubert: Im Walde, D 834

play Schubert: Wandrers Nachtlied, D 224

play Schubert:, Der Einsame, D 800

play Schubert:, Der Winterabend, D 938

play Schubert: Herbst, D 945

play Schubert: Romanze Aus Rosamunde, D 797

play Schubert: Nachtstück, D 672

29th January 2012	“It comprises 19 songs, all stylishly and beautifully sung by the tenor Werner Güra. The six Goethe settings include such familiar contrasts as Heidenröslein and Ganymed, while Willkommen und Abschied itself, more of a rarity, is heroically sung. The strength of Güra’s tone without any loss of quality has always been his strong point.”
12th February 2012	“His fresh lyric tenor combines well with Berner’s bright yet warm-toned fortepiano — he twinkles at Goethe’s ironic description of a water nymph as “eine feuchtes Weib”, literally a “damp woman” — while Berner brings drama to the piano parts of Auf der Bruck, Willkommen und Abschied and the haunting, yearning Herbst.”
26th February 2012	“Berner, playing an 1872 Rönisch fortepiano, shows keen attention to every detail. Güra, outstanding in his unfussy, intense delivery, is a formidable, rousing guide.”
March 2012 ****	“Gura's strong, unaffected tenor voice is a pleasure to listen to, and Berner, who has an impressive keyboard freedom grounded in reliable technical skill, is a responsive accompanist: they perform as one, although too often their approach to a song somehow misses an essential quality of that particular piece of music.”
May 2012 *****	“Gura and his fortepianist, Christoph Berner, have mapped out a trajectory of the Romantic view of human emotional life...At each stage, both musicians show perfect sympathy with Schubert's own engagement, ideal empathy with each other, and a shrewd sensitivity to musical and expressive scale.”
May 2012	“Gura is never dull. 'Der Wanderer' is intensely 'lived', the opening bleak and desiccated...One of the most eloquent performances of all is the last song, 'Nachtstuck'...Here, singer and pianist show an acute sensitivity to harmonic colour that characterises this whole rewarding recital.”