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The young English soprano Carolyn Sampson has been heard in ensemble recordings of music by Bach, Handel, and Monteverdi, among other mostly Baroque composers. In Purcell's songs, many drawn from otherwise forgotten theatrical productions, she has strong competition from Emma Kirkby, among other British stalwarts, but she stands up to them and more and she's on her way to becoming a major star. Her voice is not really large, but the occasional little explosions written into Purcell's scores show the power she keeps in reserve and her skill at working within chamber dimensions. She uses a plain, vibratoless tone just up to the edge, where you wonder what's coming next, and then slides into extremely agile decorations and ornaments, which would be mostly improvised in this repertory. Best of all is her dramatic sense for this music -- each track involves not just a melody but a theatrical character, and she is funny, flirtatious, passionate, humorous, and despondent in turn. The small continuo group, especially the unusually active harpsichord of Laurence Cummings, is notable for its sensitivity to Sampson's readings; this was no pickup group, or even historical-performance all-star group, but performers who obviously worked hard on creating unified interpretations. The BIS engineers can take home the triple crown for this disc. They bring the microphones up close and create an unresonant, chamber-theater sound that's right for Purcell (even if a church was the recording location), catching all the detail of the instrumental playing but none of the wheezing and instrument-scratching that bedevils so many recordings of this type. Anglophones will be able to understand every word Sampson sings, and perhaps the only complaint here is that the readers of the German and French booklet notes might also wish they had text translations as they're the only ones who might need the texts in the first place. An absolute delectation.
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Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Norton, Lyricist
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas d'Urfey, Lyricist - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elkanah Settle, Lyricist - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Sexton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act IV (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Lyricist - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Rogers, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Morris, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Sexton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
The Mock Marriage, Z. 605 (Henry Purcell)
Anonymous, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Lyricist - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Rogers, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elkanah Settle, Lyricist - Andrea Morris, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Sexton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Heveningham, Lyricist - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elkanah Settle, Lyricist - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Of old when heroes thought It base, Z. 333, "Yorkshire Feast Song" (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas d'Urfey, Lyricist - Andrea Morris, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Sexton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Lyricist - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Rogers, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Morris, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Sexton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z. 406 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Philips, Lyricist
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Rogers, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elkanah Settle, Lyricist - Andrea Morris, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Sexton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Nahum Tate, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Anne-Marie Lasla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Cummings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Henry Purcell, Composer - William Fuller, Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Kenny, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2007 BIS 2007 (P) BIS
Albumbeschreibung
The young English soprano Carolyn Sampson has been heard in ensemble recordings of music by Bach, Handel, and Monteverdi, among other mostly Baroque composers. In Purcell's songs, many drawn from otherwise forgotten theatrical productions, she has strong competition from Emma Kirkby, among other British stalwarts, but she stands up to them and more and she's on her way to becoming a major star. Her voice is not really large, but the occasional little explosions written into Purcell's scores show the power she keeps in reserve and her skill at working within chamber dimensions. She uses a plain, vibratoless tone just up to the edge, where you wonder what's coming next, and then slides into extremely agile decorations and ornaments, which would be mostly improvised in this repertory. Best of all is her dramatic sense for this music -- each track involves not just a melody but a theatrical character, and she is funny, flirtatious, passionate, humorous, and despondent in turn. The small continuo group, especially the unusually active harpsichord of Laurence Cummings, is notable for its sensitivity to Sampson's readings; this was no pickup group, or even historical-performance all-star group, but performers who obviously worked hard on creating unified interpretations. The BIS engineers can take home the triple crown for this disc. They bring the microphones up close and create an unresonant, chamber-theater sound that's right for Purcell (even if a church was the recording location), catching all the detail of the instrumental playing but none of the wheezing and instrument-scratching that bedevils so many recordings of this type. Anglophones will be able to understand every word Sampson sings, and perhaps the only complaint here is that the readers of the German and French booklet notes might also wish they had text translations as they're the only ones who might need the texts in the first place. An absolute delectation.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:26
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Carolyn Sampson
- Composer: Henry Purcell
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Klassiek Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus)
2007 BIS 2007 BIS
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