Befreit: A Soul Surrendered Vocal & Song Piano Chandos

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JOHANNA MULLER-HERMANN

Wie eine Vollmondnacht, Op.20 No.4

2:54

from Vier Lieder

for Voice and Piano

Zart bewegt, träumerisch

Der letzte Abend, Op.2 No.4

3:29

from Fünf Lieder

Tona von Hermann

Etwas langsam. Mit verhaltenem Schmerz -

Leidenschaftlich ausbrechend

RICHARD STRAUSS

Befreit, Op.39, TrV 189, No.4

5:11

from Fünf Lieder

Hern Dr. Fritz Sieger freundschaftlichst gewidmet

Langsam und innig

Allerseelen, Op.10, TrV 141, No.8

3:08

from Acht Gedichte aus ''Letzte Blätter'' von Hermann von Gilm

Herrn Heinrich Vogl, k.b. Kammersänger gewidmet

Tranquillo

MARGARETE SCHWEIKERT

Wolke I

1:35

No.2 from Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung

In weicher Bewegung

Totenhausen

4:26

Dem Dichter zu seinem 80. Geburtstage! 1. Oktober 1935

[ ] - Ein wenig lebhafter - Mit Anmut, nicht schnell -

In gleichmäßigem, flüssigem Tempo - Langsam und ausdrucksvoll

Zusammen sterben (date unknown)

2:02

Langsam, doch nicht schleppen - Vorwärts drängen

RICHARD STRAUSS

Auf ein Kind, Op.47, TrV 200, No.1

2:16

from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Ludwig Uhland

Herrn J.C. Pflüger in Bremen freundschaftlichst gewidmet

Mäßig langsam

Rückleben, Op.47, TrV 20, No.3

4:09

from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Ludwig Uhland

Herrn J.C. Pflüger in Bremen freundschaftlichst gewidmet

Langsam

10.

Morgen!, Op.27, TrV 170, No.4

4:05

from Vier Lieder

Meiner geliebten Pauline zum 10. September 1894

Langsam

JOHANNA MULLER-HERMANN

11.

Die stille Stadt, Op.4 No.1

2:20

for Middle Voice and Piano

Etwas langsam

12.

Herbzt, Op.20 No.2

2:53

from Vier Lieder

for Voice and Piano

Langsam, schwermütig - Etwas bewegt - Tempo I

13.

In Memoriam, Op.28 No.5

2:31

from Herbstlieder

Mäßig bewegt, sehr inning - Langsam steigern

MARGARETE SCHWEIKERT

14.

Unser Haus

2:40

Zart und innig

15.

Die Entschlafenen

2:24

Getragen

GUSTAV MAHLER

Kindertotenlieder

22:10

for Middle Voice and Piano

16.

Nun will die Sonn'' so hell aufgeh''n!.

4:40

17.

Nun seh'' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen.

4:31

18.

Wie zu Anfang - Etwas bewegter - Wie zu Anfang

4:05

19.

Oft denk'' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen!. Ruhig bewegt, ohne zu eilen

2:59

20.

In diesem Wetter!. Mit ruhelos schmerzvollem Ausdruck -

5:53

JOHANNA MULLER-HERMANN

21.

Widmung, Op.20 No.1

3:07

from Vier Lieder

for Voice and Piano

Langsam, ausdrucksvoll - Poco più mosso - Tempo I

MARGARETE SCHWEIKERT

22.

Einem Vorangegangenen

2:21

Etwas langsam, schwer, ohne zu schleppen

Performance **** Recording *****

“… Her [Whately] easy rapport with the sounds of sung-German – matched by Middleton’s silky pianistic sorcery illuminates at every turn…”

Paul Riley – BBC Music magazine – April 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 … This is a very welcome album and one that anyone interested in late-Romantic lieder will want to hear.”

Hugo Shirley – Gramophone magazine – March 2023

“… This is a beautifully shaped and considered programme and for all the subject matter, the intelligent performances and the two performers' wonderful communicability make it a delight to listen to. They convey the beauty of the lesser-known songs and bring out the lovely sense of shifting harmonies and tonal instability that is characteristic of the period, the sense of being on the brink.”

Robert Hugill – PlanetHugill.com – 9 March 2023

“… the programme is well balanced and admirably performed… 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…”

Fiona Maddocks – The Guardian – 4 March 2023

Editor’s Choice – February 2023

“…Kitty Whately is on luminous form in lieder by Gustav Mahler, Johanna Müller-Hermann, Richard Strauss and Margarete Schweikert…”

Katherine Cooper – Presto music.com – 2 March 2023

“…Whatley's ability to portray the message so communicatively lifts the words of each song from the score. The anguish of many of the lieder is sensitively portrayed and Whatley’s upper register captures the starkness of grief and bereavement. Middleton’s accompaniments are sensitive and delicate creating the intimacy needed for reflection and he produces the right timbre for each piece. Together, their performances are profound as they explore such heart-breaking themes.”

Andrew Palmer – chimeo.com – February 2023

“… This is a very rewarding album. The programme has been well designed by the artists and they execute it marvellously. I enjoyed Kitty Whately’s expressive and communicative singing very much indeed and in Joseph Middleton she has a musical partner with whom she is clearly ‘as one’; theirs is a perceptive partnership. The Strauss and Mahler items are very successful but, for me, the great dividend is the opportunity to discover and appreciate the songs of Joanna Müller-Hermann and Margarete Schweikert. Both are composers of genuine worth … I hope very much that the fine advocacy of Kitty Whately and Joseph Middleton will win the songs new admirers and will prompt a revival of interest in these two composers; it is nothing less than they deserve…”

John Quinn – MusicWeb-International.com – 28 February 2023

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