Carolyn Sampson
Carolyn Margaret Sampson
Career
Born in
Sampson has performed as a concert soloist in sacred oratorios such as Bach's
Sampson was appointed
Recording
In 2005, Sampson was the first to record all twelve stanzas of Bach's aria Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127, discovered in 2005.[6] She recorded it, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki, together with Bach's popular cantata for soprano and trumpet Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51.[7]
In 2007, she recorded with Suzuki Bach's Mass in B minor, with Rachel Nicholls, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk and Peter Kooy. A review noted: "The soloists are uniformly strong, and are major names in Bach performance. Carolyn Sampson leads the sopranos with a tone at once rich but still pure".[8]
In 2010, she was the soprano soloist in a recording of Bach's
Her recording A French Baroque Diva, music written for the soprano Marie Fel and recorded with Ex Cathedra conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore, won a Gramophone Award 2015 (Recital category). The review noted "the longer we listen to Sampson's voice, the more she seems to inhabit the aura of Fel, clearly a skilled and charismatic yet deeply affecting performer".[10]
Selected recordings
- Jan Dismas Zelenka: Sacred Music Hyperion 2002
- Jean Philippe Rameau: Règne Amour. Love songs from opera Hyperion 2003
- J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol. 1 (BWV 211) BIS2003
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 30 (Alles mit Gott, nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127), BIS 2005
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 34 (BWV 127), BIS 2005
- Purcell: The Fairy-Queen Arts Blue 2005
- Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate Hyperion 2005
- George Frideric Handel: Duets from the Great English Oratorios BIS Records 2006
- Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day Hyperion 2006
- Handel: Neun deutsche Arien Hyperion 2006
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 38 (BWV 58), BIS 2006
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 39 (BWV 183), BIS 2007
- Handel: SolomonHarmonia Mundi 2007
- Purcell: Victorious Love BIS 2007
- Cantatas, Vol. 41 BWV 84, BIS 2008
- Jean-Baptiste Lully: Psyché CPO 2008
- Handel: Parnasso in festa HWV 73[11]
- Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (with Chailly), Decca 2010[9]
- Thomas-Louis Bourgeois: Cantates, Carus 2012
- A French Baroque Diva Hyperion 2014
- Carolyn Sampson - Fleurs BIS 2015
- J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol. 6 (BWV 1083) BIS 2016
- A Verlaine Songbook BIS 2016
- Mozart: Great Mass in C minor BIS 2016
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Soprano Vol. 6 (BWV 199, BMV 152, BMV 202) Harmonia Mundi 2017
- Lost is My Quiet - Duets and Solo Songs BIS 2017
- Carolyn Sampson - A Soprano’s Schubertiade BIS 2018
- The Contrast - English Poetry in Song BIS 2019
References
- Boston Globe. Archived from the originalon 18 January 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- Boston Globe. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ Sayed, Aron (2 December 2012). "Three English Orpheuses". Klassik.com (in German). Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Zwei barocke Sternstunden mit Carolyn Sampson und Trevor Pinnock" (in German). Die Welt. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N15.
- ^ "Aria for Soprano BWV 1127 / Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn". Bach-cantatas.com. 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Carolyn Sampson (Soprano)". Bach-cantatas.com. 2003. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ Hurwitz, David (3 December 2007). "Suzuki's B minor Mass". Classicstoday.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ a b Vernier, David (15 December 2010). "Chailly's Great Modern Christmas Oratorio". Classicstoday.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne (13 June 2014). "A French Baroque Diva". Gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Carolyn Sampson überstahlt alle". Klassik-com (in German). 29 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.