
A Verlaine Songbook / Sampson, Middleton
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REVIEW:
Sampson and Middleton concentrate on song cycles, bookending their recitals with Debussy's Fetes galantes and Ariette oubliees, and placing La bonne chanson (Faure) at its center. Paysages tristes, by the d'Indy pupil Deodat de Severac, one of the many discoveries here, forms the disc's unforgettable epilogue.
Both artists are very much at home in this repertory, frequently functioning as an indivisible unit with sound and sense beautifully fused. Sampson is in excellent voice, her tone clear and silvery, her upper registers exquisite. Middleton's playing is marvelously fresh throughout, the thin dividing line between wit and melancholy superbly negotiated.
– Gramophone (12/2016)
Product Description:
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Catalog Number: BIS-2233
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UPC: 7318599922331
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Label: BIS
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Bordes, Claude Debussy, Déodat de Sévérac, Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Fauré, Josef Zygmunt Szulc, Maurice Ravel, Poldowski, Reynaldo Hahn
Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
Works:
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Fêtes galantes, Set 1
Composer: Claude Debussy
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Cythère, for voice & piano
Composer: Poldowski
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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En sourdine, for voice & piano
Composer: Poldowski
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Colombine, for voice & piano
Composer: Poldowski
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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L'heure exquise, for voice & piano
Composer: Poldowski
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Mandoline, for voice & piano
Composer: Poldowski
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Sur l'herbe
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Claire de Lune, for voice & piano, Op. 83/1
Composer: Josef Zygmunt Szulc
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Le ciel est par-dessus le toit, for voice & piano
Composer: Déodat de Sévérac
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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La bonne chanson, Op. 61
Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Apaisement, for voice & piano, Op. 13/1 (from 4 Mélodies)
Composer: Ernest Chausson
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Le vent dans la plaine
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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7 Chansons Grises: Tous deux
Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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7 Chansons Grises: L'heure exquise
Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2
Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Colloque Sentimental, for voice & piano
Composer: Charles Bordes
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Ariettes oubliées
Composer: Claude Debussy
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson
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Soleils couchants (Paysages tristes) for voice & piano
Composer: Déodat de Sévérac
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano), Carolyn Sampson