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Nearly everyone who has listened to Baroque vocal music in the 21st century knows the name and voice of British soprano Carolyn Sampson, so many will be surprised to learn that this is her debut solo recital album. Replicating a concert program Sampson has often performed with pianist Joseph Middleton, it is here recorded in sublimely accurate SACD sound at Suffolk's Potton Hall. Song aficionados may enjoy trying to deduce the structure of the program from the plain track listing on the CD's back cover: clearly the theme is flowers, but how are the 24 tracks subdivided after the initial group that's all about roses? After this is a group of Richard Strauss songs titled "Strauss's Flowermaidens," and then a highly original grouping of Schumann and Schubert songs on the theme "When blooms speak." Finally there's "Un bouquet française," a diverse collection of French songs from the 19th and early 20th centuries. As it happens, Sampson is as effective in this Romantic and early modern repertory as she is in Handel and Bach. She inhabits all three languages effectively, and the program hangs together very well: most of the material is on the sadder side and doesn't go much beyond medium tempo (there is no Heidenröslein or anything like it). The music is affecting, the singer confident, the accompanist (who had a big hand in devising the program) sensitive, and the engineering superb. A highly recommended recital.
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Pausanias, Z. 585 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Norton, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
6 Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Nikolaus Lenau, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
6 Gesänge, Op. 89 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - W. von der Neun, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12 (Roger Quilter)
Anonymous, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Quilter, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
The Poet's Echo, Op. 76 (Benjamin Britten)
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Pushkin, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Charles Gounod, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Camille Roy, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
4 Songs, Op. 39 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Marie Rene Leconte de Lisle, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
4 Lieder, Op. 36, TrV 186 (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Mädchenblumen, Op. 22, TrV 153 (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Dahn, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Richard Strauss, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Dahn, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Richard Strauss, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Dahn, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Richard Strauss, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Dahn, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Franz Schubert, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - E. Platner, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Franz Schubert, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franz Seraph Ritter von Bruchmann, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 1, Op. 27 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
3 Gesänge, Op. 83 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Lieder-Album fur die Jugend, Op. 79 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101 (Francis Poulenc)
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
2 Songs, Op. 1 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Victor Hugo, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
4 Songs, Op. 39 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Armand Silvestre, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Reynaldo Hahn, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul-Marie Verlaine, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Proses lyriques, L. 84 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Clairières dans le ciel (Lili Boulanger)
Lili Boulanger, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Jammes, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edmond Rostand, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2015 BIS 2015 (P) BIS
Album review
Nearly everyone who has listened to Baroque vocal music in the 21st century knows the name and voice of British soprano Carolyn Sampson, so many will be surprised to learn that this is her debut solo recital album. Replicating a concert program Sampson has often performed with pianist Joseph Middleton, it is here recorded in sublimely accurate SACD sound at Suffolk's Potton Hall. Song aficionados may enjoy trying to deduce the structure of the program from the plain track listing on the CD's back cover: clearly the theme is flowers, but how are the 24 tracks subdivided after the initial group that's all about roses? After this is a group of Richard Strauss songs titled "Strauss's Flowermaidens," and then a highly original grouping of Schumann and Schubert songs on the theme "When blooms speak." Finally there's "Un bouquet française," a diverse collection of French songs from the 19th and early 20th centuries. As it happens, Sampson is as effective in this Romantic and early modern repertory as she is in Handel and Bach. She inhabits all three languages effectively, and the program hangs together very well: most of the material is on the sadder side and doesn't go much beyond medium tempo (there is no Heidenröslein or anything like it). The music is affecting, the singer confident, the accompanist (who had a big hand in devising the program) sensitive, and the engineering superb. A highly recommended recital.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:37
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Carolyn Sampson Joseph Middleton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
2015 BIS 2015 BIS
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