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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Fiona Maddocks

Classical home listening: Kitty Whately and Joseph Middleton; Beatrice Rana plays Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann

Beatrice Rana.
‘Clarity and brilliance’: Beatrice Rana. Photograph: © Simon Fowler/Parlophone Records
Befreit- A soul Surrendered Kitty Whately, Joseph Middleton

• In Befreit: A Soul Surrendered (Chandos), the mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and pianist Joseph Middleton perform late romantic songs from the Austro-German tradition about death, loss and hope. From Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler to Johanna Müller-Hermann (1868-1941) and Margarete Schweikert (1887-1957), the programme is well balanced and admirably performed. Two songs by Müller-Hermann, a student of Alexander Zemlinsky (she is also next week’s Radio 3 Composer of the Week), open the recital.

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