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Reason In Madness - Songs & Arias / Sampson, Middleton
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Reason In Madness - Songs & Arias / Sampson, Middleton

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Sampson, Middleton
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Apr 05, 2019
Catalog #
BIS-2353
UPC
7318599923536

About

Throughout history men have feared madwomen, burning them as witches, confining them in asylums and subjecting them to psychoanalysis – yet, they have also been fascinated, unable to resist fantasizing about them. For their new release, Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton have created a programme that explores the responses of a variety of composers to women whose stories have left them vulnerable and exposed. As a motto they have chosen an aphorism by Nietzsche: ‘There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.’ Brahms’ Ophelia Songs, composed for a stage production of Hamlet, appear next to those by Richard Strauss and Chausson, while Ophelia's death is described by both Schumann (in Herzeleid) and Saint-Saëns. Goethe’s mysterious and traumatized Mignon appears in settings by Hugo Wolf as well as Duparc, while his ill-used Gretchen grieves by her spinning-wheel in Schubert's matchless setting. Sadness and madness tip into witchery and unbridled eroticism with Pierre Louÿs's poems about Bilitis, set by Kœchlin and Debussy. Sampson and Middleton end their recital as it began, with a suicide by drowning: in Poulenc’s monologue La Dame de Monte-Carlo, the elderly female protagonist has been unlucky at the gambling tables and decides to throw herself into the sea.

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22: No. 4. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß (version for unaccompanied soprano) 00:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22: No. 4. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß (version for unaccompanied soprano)
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
  2. 2 6 Gesänge, Op. 107: No. 1. Herzeleid 01:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    6 Gesänge, Op. 107: No. 1. Herzeleid
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  3. 3 No. 1. Wie erkenn' ich mein Treulieb vor andern nun? 02:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1. Wie erkenn' ich mein Treulieb vor andern nun?
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  4. 4 No. 2. Guten Morgen, 's ist Sankt Valentinstag 01:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2. Guten Morgen, 's ist Sankt Valentinstag
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  5. 5 No. 3. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß 03:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  6. 6 Chansons de Bilitis, Op. 39: No. 1. Hymne à Astarté 01:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    Chansons de Bilitis, Op. 39: No. 1. Hymne à Astarté
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Charles Koechlin
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  7. 7 No. 1. La flûte de Pan 02:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. La flûte de Pan
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  8. 8 No. 2. La chevelure 03:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. La chevelure
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  9. 9 No. 3. Le tombeau des naïades 02:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3. Le tombeau des naïades
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  10. 10 Chansons de Bilitis, Op. 39: No. 5. Épitaphe de Bilitis 03:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    Chansons de Bilitis, Op. 39: No. 5. Épitaphe de Bilitis
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Charles Koechlin
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  11. 11 Romance de Mignon 04:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    Romance de Mignon
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Henri Duparc
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  12. 12 No. 9. Mignon 06:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 9. Mignon
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  13. 13 No. 5. Mignon I 03:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 5. Mignon I
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  14. 14 No. 6. Mignon II 02:01
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 6. Mignon II
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  15. 15 No. 7. Mignon III 03:38
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 7. Mignon III
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  16. 16 Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118 03:40
    Track
    16
    Title
    Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  17. 17 5 Lieder, Op. 107: No. 5. Mädchenlied 01:39
    Track
    17
    Title
    5 Lieder, Op. 107: No. 5. Mädchenlied
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  18. 18 6 Gesänge, Op. 107: No. 4. Die Spinnerin 01:18
    Track
    18
    Title
    6 Gesänge, Op. 107: No. 4. Die Spinnerin
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  19. 19 La mort d'Ophélie 03:10
    Track
    19
    Title
    La mort d'Ophélie
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  20. 20 Chansons de Shakespeare, Op. 28: No. 3. Chanson d'Ophélie 01:35
    Track
    20
    Title
    Chansons de Shakespeare, Op. 28: No. 3. Chanson d'Ophélie
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Ernest Chausson
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  21. 21 5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22 04:00
    Track
    21
    Title
    5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  22. 22 Au pays où se fait la guerre 05:04
    Track
    22
    Title
    Au pays où se fait la guerre
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Henri Duparc
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton
  23. 23 La dame de Monte-Carlo, FP 180 07:15
    Track
    23
    Title
    La dame de Monte-Carlo, FP 180
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton