discography
THOMAS ADES: THE TEMPEST
Conductor: Thomas Adès, Prospero : Simon Keenlyside, Miranda : Kate Royal, Ferdinand : Toby Spence
Caliban : Ian Bostridge, Ariel : Cyndia Sieden, King of Naples : Philip Langridge, Gonzalo : Graeme Danby, Sebastian : Jonathan Summers, Antonio : Donald Kaasch, Stefano : Stephen Richardson, Trinculo : David Cordier, Orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House
The Complete Songs, Vol. 10, Robert Schumann
ELGAR ENIGMA VARIATIONS
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins
Kate Royal, soprano
Two much-loved orchestral favourites representing the summit of Elgar’s maturity are coupled with three of the lesser-known wartime works, here receiving their first recordings with the original French texts. Kate Royal is the soprano soloist in Une voix dans le désert.