Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton - Lost Is My Quiet - Duets and Solo Songs (2017) {BIS Digital Download}

Carolyn Sampson and Iestyn Davies have collaborated on many occasions in the field of Baroque opera and oratorio, but on this occasion they venture into a somewhat different territory. In the company of Joseph Middleton, they have been exploring the Lieder for one and two voices of Mendelssohn and Schumann, combining them with songs and duets by Roger Quilter. And even though the disc actually opens with a set of Purcell songs – repertoire which both singers have previously made their mark in – they are here performed with the piano accompaniments realized by Benjamin Britten, turning them into something quite new and different.

‘Creamy’, ‘luminous’ and ‘supple’ are words that often appear in reviews about both Carolyn Sampson and Iestyn Davies, and in these duets they achieve a marvellous blend as well as the utmost precision. They are aided in this by Joseph Middleton, described in The Telegraph (UK) as an ‘unfailingly sensitive accompanist’.

Composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Henry Purcell
Roger Quilter
Robert Schumann
Britten

Musicians:
Iestyn Davies - counter-tenor
Joseph Middleton - piano
Carolyn Sampson - soprano

tracklist:
01. Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drum, Z. 335 (Arr. B. Britten)
02. Lost Is My Quiet Forever, Z. 502 (Arr. B. Britten)
03. If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 (Arr. B. Britten)
04. Oedipus, Z. 583 No. 2, Music for a While (Arr. B. Britten)
05. The Maid's Last Prayer, Z. 601 No. 2, No, Resistance Is but Vain (Arr. B. Britten)
06. Oroonoko, Z. 584 No. 1, Celemene, Pray Tell Me (Arr. B. Britten)
07. 6 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 63 No. 1, Ich wollt' meine Lieb' ergosse sich, MWV J 5
08. 6 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 63 No. 3, Gru?, MWV J 8
09. 6 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 63 No. 5, Volkslied, MWV J 10
10. 6 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 63 No. 6, Maiglockchen und die Blumelein, MWV J 7
11. 12 Lieder, Op. 9 No. 6, Scheidend, MWV K 50
12. 6 Gesange, Op. 19a No. 4, Neue Liebe, MWV K 70
13. 3 Lieder, Op. 77 No. 1, Sonntagsmorgen, MWV J 4
14. 3 Lieder, Op. 77 No. 2, Das Ahrenfeld, MWV J 12
15. 3 Lieder, Op. 77 No. 3, Lied aus Ruy Blas, MWV J 6
16. 3 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 43 No. 1, Wenn ich ein Voglein war
17. 3 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 43 No. 2, Herbstlied
18. 3 Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 43 No. 3, Schon Blumelein
19. Lieder und Gesange, Book 4, Op. 96 No. 1, Nachtlied
20. 12 Gedichte, Op. 35 No. 8, Stille Liebe
21. 3 Gesange, Op. 83 No. 3, Der Einsiedler
22. Lieder und Gesange, Book 3, Op. 77 No. 5, Auftrage
23. 12 Gedichte aus Liebesfruhling, Op. 37 No. 12, So wahr die Sonne scheinet
24. 5 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 23 No. 3, It Was a Lover and His Lass
25. 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12 No. 1, Weep You No More (Arr. for 2 Voices)
26. 6 Songs, Op. 25 No. 5, Music, When Soft Voices Die
27. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
28. 3 Songs, Op. 3 No. 1, Love's Philosophy
29. Love Calls Through the Summer Night




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