But I Like to Sing... Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton

• Hugo Wolf (1860 -1903): Mörike-Lieder:
• 1 Wolf: Mörike-Lieder: No. 11, An eine Äolsharfe 06:01
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): 5 Lieder, Op. 49:
• 2 Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 2, An ein Veilchen 02:25
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): An die Musik, D. 547:
• 3 Schubert: An die Musik, D. 547 02:39
• Sir Charles Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918): English Lyrics, Set 10:
• 4 Parry: English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 1, My Heart Is like a Singing Bird 01:47
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990): I Hate Music:
• 5 Bernstein: I Hate Music: No. 3, I Hate Music! 01:28
• Cheryl Frances-Hoad (b. 1980): Something More than Mortal:
• 6 Frances-Hoad: Something More than Mortal 03:19
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): 6 Gesänge, Op. 34:
• 7 Mendelssohn: 6 Gesänge, Op. 34: No. 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, MWV K 86 02:44
• Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964): Nocturne:
• 8 Marx: Nocturne 03:25
• César Franck (1822 - 1890): Nocturne, FWV 85:
• 9 Franck: Nocturne, FWV 85 03:29
• Rita Strohl (1865 - 1941): 12 Chants de Bilitis:
• 10 Strohl: 12 Chants de Bilitis: No. 9, Bilitis 02:41
• 12 Chants de Bilitis:
• 11 Strohl: 12 Chants de Bilitis: No. 11, La nuit 04:13
• 12 Chants de Bilitis:
• 12 Strohl: 12 Chants de Bilitis: No. 12, Berceuse 03:55
• Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926): Psyché:
• 13 Paladilhe: Psyché 03:14
• Charles Gounod ((1818 - 1893): Ave Maria, CG 89a (After Bach's BWV 846):
• 14 Gounod: Ave Maria, CG 89a (After Bach's BWV 846) 02:42
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): 2 Poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122:
• 15 Poulenc: 2 Poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122: No. 1, C 02:50
• 2 Poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122:
• 16 Poulenc: 2 Poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122: No. 2, Fêtes galantes 00:58
• Kaija Saariaho (1952 - 2023): 4 Instants:
• 17 Saariaho: 4 Instants: No. 3, Parfum de l'instant 04:08
• Deborah Pritchard (b. 1977): Everyone Sang:
• 18 Pritchard: Everyone Sang 03:46
• Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981): A Slumber Song of the Madonna:
• 19 Barber: A Slumber Song of the Madonna 02:09
• Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937): 5 Elizabethan Songs:
• 20 Gurney: 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4, Sleep 02:53
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen! (Arr. for Voice, Violin & Piano by Anonymous):
• 21 Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen! (Arr. for Voice, Violin & Piano by Anonymous) 03:59
• Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958): Peace on Earth:
• 22 Wallen: Peace on Earth 03:31
• Total Runtime 01:08:16

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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.

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Joseph Middleton, piano

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