• 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.