1. Waitin
2. Jemand Op.25
3. Die Kleine "Zwischen Bergen, liebe Mutter"
4. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein:- Lieder
5. Apparition
6. O war dein Haus
7. Erstes liebeslied eines madchens:- Mörike Lieder
8. Gretchen am Spinnrade D118
9. Rastlose Liebe Op.5 No.1
10. Pour un Baiser
11. Tchut Tchut from Chants d'Auvergne
12. Love went a riding
13. Pastorale
14. Ah, Love but a day! Op.44 No.2
15. Leid ber Braut I
16. Leid der Braut II
17. Chanson de la mariee
18. Donc ce sera par un clair jour d'été
19. Hochzeitlich Lied:- 6 Lieder Op. 37
20. Extase
21. Am Sonntag morgen
22. Die Männer sind méchant:- 4 Refrainlieder D866
23. Du Liebst mich Nicht
24. O waly Waly
25. Verschling der Abgrund
26. Heart we will forget him
27. Danny Boy
28. I will walk with my love
29. Waitin
Wholenote Discoveries - September 2011
No, Kate Royal is not a stage name of the Duchess of Cambridge. It is the real name of a young English soprano, whose ascent to fame has accelerated since one special evening in 2004, when as an understudy in The Magic Flute at Glyndebourne Festival Opera she got to sing Pamina when a diva got sick. Sounds like a typical operatic story, except there is nothing typical about Ms. Royal. The child of singers, she studied at the Guildhall School and won the Kathleen Ferrier trophy. Her happy association with Glyndebourne continues, with great results such as the recently-reviewed Don Giovanni, with Royal as Donna Elvira. Her lyric soprano seems particularly adept at conveying emotion – her heartbroken and confused Elvira was, well, haunting. But Ms. Royal also reserves 5 months of the year for concert performances and rather than relying on existing song cycles, she has created her own – with some great collaborators. “A Lesson in Love” is an extensive cycle of songs penned by Schumann, Wolf, Schubert, Tosti, Bridge, Copland, Ravel, Fauré, Britten, Debussy and Strauss. They are artfully woven into four stages of a woman’s life, being “Waiting,” “The Meeting,” “The Wedding” and “Betrayal.” These phases are neatly spanned by two versions of William Bolcom’s Waitin (sic). Royal navigates without effort through English, German and French texts, infusing each song with her personal mark. How personal? Well, dear reader, listen to Canteloube’s “Tchut, tchut” from the Songs of the Auvergne and judge for yourself! Robert Tomas