Befreit: A Soul Surrendered

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Release Date: 17th Feb 2023
Catalogue No: CHAN20177
Label: Chandos
Length: 73 minutes

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Müller-Hermann: Wie eine Vollmondnacht, Op. 20 No. 4

Work length2:54

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Müller-Hermann: Der letzte abend, Op. 2 No. 4

Work length3:30

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Strauss, R: Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Strauss, R: Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Schweikert: Wolke I

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Schweikert: Totenhausen

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Schweikert: Zusammen sterben

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Strauss, R: Fünf Lieder, Op. 47, No. 1: Auf ein Kind

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Strauss, R: Fünf Lieder, Op. 47, No. 3: Rückleben

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Strauss, R: Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Müller-Hermann: Die Stille Stadt, Op. 4 No. 1

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Müller-Hermann: Herbst, Op. 20 No. 2

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Müller-Hermann: In Memoriam, Op. 28 No. 5

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Schweikert: Unser Haus

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Schweikert: Die Entschlafenen

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

No. 1, Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n!

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No. 2, Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen

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No. 3, Wenn dein Mütterlein

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No. 4, Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen!

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No. 5, In diesem Wetter!

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Müller-Hermann: Widmung, Op. 20 No. 1

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Schweikert: Einem Vorangegangenen

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

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The mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately trained at Chetham’s School of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the International Opera School of the Royal College of Music. Having won both the Kathleen Ferrier Award and Royal Overseas League Award in the same year, she attended the prestigious Academy of the Verbier Festival. She writes of this project: ‘It has been my great pleasure to record with Joseph once again. We have long shared a mutual passion for early-twentieth-century romantic Lieder and talked of making a disc including songs by Mahler and Strauss. The opportunity to discover and research lesser-known composers from their era has been thrilling and fascinating. As the world endured the pandemic, we all experienced fear and danger and loss in a way that most of our generation never did before, on such a global scale. Joseph and I felt drawn to reflect on grief, mortality, and bereavement.’ The two lesser-known composers featured in the recording are Johanna Müller-Hermann (who studied with several of the most prominent teachers in Vienna – Josef Labor, Guido Adler, Alexander Zemlinsky, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Franz Schmidt) and Margarete Schweikert, whose upbringing and life in Karlsruhe and st udies with Joseph Haas in Stuttgart could hardly provide a greater contrast – clearly audible in their music.

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April 2023

March 2023

Throughout Whately and Middleton prove highly persuasive guides; the pianist bringing the accompaniments vividly to life and the mezzo fully committed to the works and impressive, in particular, in getting the texts across.

February 2023

Whately's such an emotionally engaged and engaging singer (and Middleton such a responsive partner) that even familiar songs like Strauss's 'Morgen' sound as fresh as the genuine rarities by Johanna Müller-Hermann and Margarete Schweikert (the latter's 'Totenhausen' stands out, though everything here is more than worthy of your attention).

4th March 2023

Whately’s ability to trace the drama of each song, whether in powerful climax or drawing back to a whisper, makes this an absorbing journey, with Middleton a poised and incisive co-traveller. By inserting Strauss’s Morgen! (Tomorrow) halfway through, we too have a sense of momentum, as well as release.

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