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Carolyn Sampson reflects on her first hundred recordings
6th Dec 2023by Katherine Cooper
Ahead of her recital with Joseph Middleton at Wigmore Hall tonight, the soprano discusses her 100th album but I like to sing... - and reflects on some of the highlights of her recording career to date...
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Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch from Carolyn Sampson, Allan Clayton and Joseph Middleton
5th Aug 2022by Katherine Cooper
All three artists are wonderfully attuned to the wit and warmth of Wolf's set of 46 delectable miniatures, with Middleton's characterful postludes proving in a joy in themselves...
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Osmo Vänskä conducts Mahler's Fourth Symphony
27th Dec 2019by James Longstaffe
Joined by soprano Carolyn Sampson, Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle with an exquisitely-detailed performance of the Fourth Symphony.
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Carolyn Sampson on Reason in Madness
15th Apr 2019by Katherine Cooper
The soprano talks to Katherine about her Nietzsche-inspired recital of songs depicting vulnerable women by Debussy, Koechlin, Poulenc, Schumann and others, out now on BIS.
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Carolyn Sampson on Abbandonata
27th Dec 2018by Katherine Cooper
The soprano talks to Katherine about her recording of four of Handel's Italian cantatas, including Armida abbandonata and Agrippina condotta a morire, released on Vivat in October.
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Lost is my Quiet
12th Oct 2017by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton about their new album of duets by Purcell/Britten, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Quilter.
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Marie Fel - Rameau's Muse
11th Jun 2014by Katherine Cooper
Carolyn Sampson on her new disc of French baroque music with Ex Cathedra.