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The idea of a countertenor in songs by Mendelssohn and Schumann may seem odd, and even unrecognizable to the composers themselves. But first of all, check your prejudices: countertenor Iestyn Davies is fully idiomatic in the Purcell songs (as filtered through Britten), and only slightly less so in the neo-Elizabethan tunes of Roger Quilter, so one might just as easily complain about similar programs where a female contralto was used. Second, Davies neatly avoids the issues that have plagued the few countertenors who have ventured into music of the 19th century. He doesn't force his voice into places it doesn't want to go, instead relying mostly on the gentle, foghorn-like quality it has in its large sweet spot, and thus setting its timbre off from that of soprano Carolyn Sampson. You might say that, except for the solo pieces, Davies puts Sampson at center stage, but this would ignore the intelligence of his performance. Sampson, at any rate, has never sounded better. Getting your attention with an added octave ornament in Purcell's Sound the Trumpet (sample this unless you don't want to spoil the surprise), she plows through the program in fine style, as comfortable in the German repertory as in English. Creamy-voiced, humorous, and possessed by now of a good deal of interpretive depth, she has emerged as one of the major stars on the English vocal scene, specializing in but not restricted to Baroque repertory. With accompanist Joseph Middleton beautifully attuned to what's happening here, this is a delightful and offbeat vocal recital.
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Henly, Lyricist
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Heveningham, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Oedipus, Z. 583 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Lyricist - Thomas d'Urfey, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
The Maid's Last Prayer, Z. 601 (Henry Purcell)
Anonymous, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Henly, Lyricist
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Oroonoko, Z. 584 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas d'Urfey, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
6 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 63 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Lyricist - Robert Burns, Lyricist - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Klingemann, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Lyricist - Robert Burns, Lyricist - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Klingemann, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Lyricist - Robert Burns, Lyricist - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Klingemann, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Lyricist - Robert Burns, Lyricist - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Klingemann, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
12 Lieder, Op. 9 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann H. Voss, Lyricist - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
6 Gesänge, Op. 19a (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
3 Lieder, Op. 77 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Victor Hugo, Lyricist - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Ludwig Uhland, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Victor Hugo, Lyricist - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Ludwig Uhland, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Victor Hugo, Lyricist - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Ludwig Uhland, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
3 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 43 (Robert Schumann)
Traditional, Lyricist - Robert Schumann, Composer - Robert Reinick, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Siegfried August Mahlmann, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Traditional, Lyricist - Robert Schumann, Composer - Robert Reinick, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Siegfried August Mahlmann, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Traditional, Lyricist - Robert Schumann, Composer - Robert Reinick, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Siegfried August Mahlmann, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Lieder und Gesänge, Book 4, Op. 96 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
12 Gedichte, Op. 35 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Justinus Kerner, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
3 Gesänge, Op. 83 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Lyricist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Lieder und Gesänge, Book 3, Op. 77 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
12 Gedichte aus "Liebesfrühling", Op. 37 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
5 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 23 (Roger Quilter)
Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Quilter, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12 (Roger Quilter)
Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Quilter, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
6 Songs, Op. 25 (Roger Quilter)
Roger Quilter, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Quilter, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
3 Songs, Op. 3 (Roger Quilter)
Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Quilter, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Quilter, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2017 BIS 2017 (P) BIS
Albumbeschreibung
The idea of a countertenor in songs by Mendelssohn and Schumann may seem odd, and even unrecognizable to the composers themselves. But first of all, check your prejudices: countertenor Iestyn Davies is fully idiomatic in the Purcell songs (as filtered through Britten), and only slightly less so in the neo-Elizabethan tunes of Roger Quilter, so one might just as easily complain about similar programs where a female contralto was used. Second, Davies neatly avoids the issues that have plagued the few countertenors who have ventured into music of the 19th century. He doesn't force his voice into places it doesn't want to go, instead relying mostly on the gentle, foghorn-like quality it has in its large sweet spot, and thus setting its timbre off from that of soprano Carolyn Sampson. You might say that, except for the solo pieces, Davies puts Sampson at center stage, but this would ignore the intelligence of his performance. Sampson, at any rate, has never sounded better. Getting your attention with an added octave ornament in Purcell's Sound the Trumpet (sample this unless you don't want to spoil the surprise), she plows through the program in fine style, as comfortable in the German repertory as in English. Creamy-voiced, humorous, and possessed by now of a good deal of interpretive depth, she has emerged as one of the major stars on the English vocal scene, specializing in but not restricted to Baroque repertory. With accompanist Joseph Middleton beautifully attuned to what's happening here, this is a delightful and offbeat vocal recital.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:48
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Iestyn Davies Carolyn Sampson Joseph Middleton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Klassiek
2017 BIS 2017 BIS
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