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Carolyn Sampson|Abbandonata - Handel Italian Cantatas

Abbandonata - Handel Italian Cantatas

Carolyn Sampson with The King's Consort and Robert King

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British soprano Carolyn Sampson has long been known as a fine Handel specialist, and anticipation has awaited her recordings of the composer's early Italian cantatas, written in Rome at the end of the 1700s. It's everything that could be desired, and then some. The cantatas had some connection with a short-lived ban on opera in the Papal States, and plenty of muscular singers, female and male, have recorded them as little operatic scenes. Yet that is not quite what they are: they were written for aristocratic homes, not opera houses, and they were chamber music, not opera. Several have a pastoral flavor, with arias that hit Sampson's creamy sweet spot. Sample "Pien di nuovo e bel diletto," from the fairly rare Tra le fiamme, HWV 170, for a taste. Sampson is ideally accompanied in this regard by Robert King and the King's Consort, playing a superb small consort of historical instruments or copies of them; the group is quiet but not at all inexpressive, and the entire performance has the feeling of something Handel himself might have heard. Of course, when things get more athletic and operatic in the final Agrippina condotta a morire, HWV 110, Sampson and King shift into a higher gear, and it's easy to imagine as a concert finale in a Roman house. The Vivat label's sound from the Alpheton studio in New Maltings is ideal, and the whole package is highly recommended, even for those who feel their collections already have a strong complement of Sampson.

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Carolyn Sampson

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1
Dietro l'orme fugaci, HWV105
00:01:13

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

2
Ah! Crudele, HWV105
00:07:37

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

3
Per te mi struggo, HWV105
00:00:30

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

4
O voi, dell' incostante, HWV105
00:00:57

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

5
Venti, fermate, HWV105
00:02:53

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

6
Ma, che parlo, HWV105
00:01:06

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

7
In tanti affanni miei, HWV105
00:04:43

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

8
Tra le fiamme (1), HWV170
00:05:51

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

9
Dedalo già le fortunate penne, HWV170
00:00:54

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

10
Pien di nuovo e bel diletto, HWV170
00:05:06

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

11
Si, si pur troppo è vero, HWV170
00:00:15

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

12
Voli per l'aria, HWV170
00:03:03

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

13
L'uomo che nacque per salire al cielo, HWV170
00:00:22

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

14
Tra le fiamme (2), HWV170
00:02:35

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

15
Figlio d'alte speranze, HWV113
00:00:36

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

16
Troppo costa ad un' alma, HWV113
00:05:15

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

17
Era conforto, HWV113
00:00:27

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

18
Sia guida sia stella, HWV113
00:04:11

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

19
In cosi dir, HWV113
00:00:16

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

20
Brillava protetto, HWV113
00:02:41

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

21
Dunque sarà pur vero, HWV110
00:01:02

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

22
Orrida, oscura, HWV110
00:03:05

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

23
Ma, pria che d'empia morte, HWV110
00:01:01

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

24
Renda cenere il tiranno, HWV110
00:02:23

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

25
Si, sì del gran tiranno, HWV110
00:01:24

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

26
Come, o Dio, HWV110
00:01:56

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

27
Si, si s'uccida, HWV110
00:01:42

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

28
Cada lacero e svenato, HWV110
00:02:56

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

29
Se infelice al mondo visi, HWV110
00:05:33

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

30
Trema l'ingato figlio, HWV110
00:01:02

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

31
Su lacerate il seno, HWV110
00:01:42

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

32
Ecco, a morte già corro, HWV110
00:00:34

PD, MusicPublisher - George Frideric Handel, Composer - David Hinitt, Producer, Mixer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist - Robert King, MainArtist - The King's Consort, MainArtist

2018 Vivat Music Foundation 2018 Vivat Music Foundation

Album review

British soprano Carolyn Sampson has long been known as a fine Handel specialist, and anticipation has awaited her recordings of the composer's early Italian cantatas, written in Rome at the end of the 1700s. It's everything that could be desired, and then some. The cantatas had some connection with a short-lived ban on opera in the Papal States, and plenty of muscular singers, female and male, have recorded them as little operatic scenes. Yet that is not quite what they are: they were written for aristocratic homes, not opera houses, and they were chamber music, not opera. Several have a pastoral flavor, with arias that hit Sampson's creamy sweet spot. Sample "Pien di nuovo e bel diletto," from the fairly rare Tra le fiamme, HWV 170, for a taste. Sampson is ideally accompanied in this regard by Robert King and the King's Consort, playing a superb small consort of historical instruments or copies of them; the group is quiet but not at all inexpressive, and the entire performance has the feeling of something Handel himself might have heard. Of course, when things get more athletic and operatic in the final Agrippina condotta a morire, HWV 110, Sampson and King shift into a higher gear, and it's easy to imagine as a concert finale in a Roman house. The Vivat label's sound from the Alpheton studio in New Maltings is ideal, and the whole package is highly recommended, even for those who feel their collections already have a strong complement of Sampson.

© TiVo

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