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but I like to sing... / Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton
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but I like to sing... / Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton

Modern Melancholic Romantic Dramatic Nostalgic
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Details

Composer
Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Johannes Brahms, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Cesar Franck, Charles Gounod
Artist
Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton, Jack Liebeck
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Nov 03, 2023
Catalog #
BIS-2673
UPC
7318599926735

About

After many acclaimed releases on BIS, most recently ‘Sounds and Sweet Airs – A Shakespeare Songbook’ (BIS-2653), Carolyn Sampson’s latest recital with Joseph Middleton lives up to its name: it is an eloquent testimony to the English soprano’s love of her art. This programme artfully blends well-known and lesser-known lieder by German and Austrian masters such as Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf with French songs by Gounod, Poulenc and Franck, as well as works by Anglo-Saxon composers such as Hubert Parry, Samuel Barber and Ivor Gurney. Female composers are not forgotten, with rarely-performed songs by Rita Strohl based on slightly risqué poems by Pierre Louÿs, music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Kaija Saariaho – who has recently passed away – and Deborah Pritchard, whose song presented here was composed especially for Sampson. And while Leonard Bernstein’s comically cheeky song ‘I hate music’, appears to be a call not to let music take itself too seriously, Errollyn Wallen’s ‘Peace on Earth’, which concludes the album, invokes calm and encourages us to find peace, a message that seems more relevant today than ever.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Mörike Lieder: No. 11. An eine Äolsharfe 05:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Mörike Lieder: No. 11. An eine Äolsharfe
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  2. 2 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 2. An ein Veilchen 02:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 2. An ein Veilchen
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  3. 3 An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D. 547 02:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D. 547
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  4. 4 English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 1. My Heart is Like a Singing Bird 01:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 1. My Heart is Like a Singing Bird
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  5. 5 I Hate Music: No. 3. I Hate Music! 01:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    I Hate Music: No. 3. I Hate Music!
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  6. 6 Something More Than Mortal 03:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    Something More Than Mortal
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Cheryl Frances-Hoad
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  7. 7 6 Gesänge, Op. 34: No. 2. Auf Flügeln des Gesänges (On Wings of Song), MWV K86 02:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    6 Gesänge, Op. 34: No. 2. Auf Flügeln des Gesänges (On Wings of Song), MWV K86
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  8. 8 Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 3: No. 1. Nocturne 03:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. 3: No. 1. Nocturne
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Joseph Marx
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  9. 9 Nocturne, M. 85 03:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    Nocturne, M. 85
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    César Franck
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  10. 10 No. 9. Bilitis 02:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 9. Bilitis
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Rita Strohl
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  11. 11 No. 11. La Nuit 04:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. La Nuit
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Rita Strohl
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  12. 12 No. 12. Berceuse 03:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Berceuse
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Rita Strohl
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  13. 13 Psyché 03:11
    Track
    13
    Title
    Psyché
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Émile Paladilhe
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  14. 14 Ave Maria (version for voice and piano) 02:39
    Track
    14
    Title
    Ave Maria (version for voice and piano)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  15. 15 No. 1. C 02:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. C
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  16. 16 No. 2. Fêtes galantes 00:54
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Fêtes galantes
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  17. 17 4 Instants: No. 3. Parfum de l'instant 04:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    4 Instants: No. 3. Parfum de l'instant
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  18. 18 Everyone Sang 03:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    Everyone Sang
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Deborah Pritchard
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  19. 19 A Slumber Song of the Madonna 02:00
    Track
    19
    Title
    A Slumber Song of the Madonna
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  20. 20 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4. Sleep 02:48
    Track
    20
    Title
    5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4. Sleep
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Ivor Gurney
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  21. 21 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen (arr. for voice, violin and piano) 03:53
    Track
    21
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen (arr. for voice, violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Jack Liebeck, Joseph Middleton
  22. 22 Peace on Earth 03:15
    Track
    22
    Title
    Peace on Earth
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Errollyn Wallen
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton