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BIS BIS-2279

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Vocal

Songs by Henry Purcell (realized by Benjamin Britten), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann & Roger Quilter

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor)
Joseph Middleton (piano)

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'.

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