Gramophone Magazine Artist of the Year 2024

latest recording

Schubert's Four Seasons

After A Soprano’s Schubertiade (BIS2343) and Elysium (BIS2573), Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton present a new recital devoted to Schubert’s songs on the theme of the changing seasons.

The album is out now. Physical copies available to pre-order now via Presto Music

2024 release

Handel's Dixit Dominus

Released in April 2024, physical copies available to pre-order now via Presto Music

100th recording

But I Like to Sing

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.

The album is out now. Physical copies available to pre-order now via Presto Music

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'An den Schlaf' by Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer

Recorded at St Silas Church, Kentish Town, London UK with Kristian Bezuidenhout at the fortepiano. Filmed by Andrew Mellor from AJM Productions in March 2022.

Wigmore Hall 2021

Clara Schumann Liebeszauber Op. 13 No. 3 performed at Wigmore Hall, London 2021

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Oxford Lieder Festival, October 2020

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From the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Tiny becomes grand in The Recital Hall. Great lyrics describing the undiscribable, an enchanting melody and a heavenly voice who brings it all together.