latest recording
Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton present an all-Schubert recital themed around Elysium, the mythical idea of a blessed and happy eternal future, with texts that explore different states of the afterlife by well-known authors such as Goethe, Rückert and Schiller.
The album is out on 7 April. Physical copies available to pre-order now via Presto Music. Digital downloads available via BIS Records.
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Clara Schumann Liebeszauber Op. 13 No. 3 performed at Wigmore Hall, London 2021
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Schumann’s song cycle seems to have little to say about the realities of a woman’s life, but its emotional depths and the music’s sheer beauty still touch us.
Read Carolyn’s Guardian article explaining how her new recording gives its passive heroine a little more life.
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BBC Music Magazine has awarded the Signum release of Purcell’s King Arthur directed by Paul McCreesh, Recording of the Year 2020.
The recording features Carolyn alongside Anna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson, Rowan Pierce, Jeremy Budd, James Way, Roderick Williams, and Ashley Riches, accompanied by the Gabrieli Players.
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