Elysium - A Schubert Recital

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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Elysium - A Schubert Recital
Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Joseph Middleton (piano)

[ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Friday 3 March 2023

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"The last years of Schubert's life were clouded by illness, so thoughts of the afterlife cannot have been far from his mind. For their latest recital for BIS, 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 as well as by lesser-known ones. Opening with a hymn to the divine in nature, this recital in turn evokes distant realms, blissful eternity and dream-filled sleep, before concluding with a farewell to the earth; from the passion and doubt of Die junge Nonne (The Young Nun) to the beautiful and touching Du bist die Ruh (You are peace). Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton have released several acclaimed discs for BIS, including Album für die Frau, a collection of songs by Clara and Robert Schumann and A Soprano's Schubertiade, a Schubert anthology, named 'Recording of the Month' by MusicWeb International and 'CD-Tipp' by BR Klassik."

"The balance of sound towards the treble celebrates the fresh beauty of Sampson's voice. The counterbalancing gravitas of topics and tempos allows Middleton to trace long structural lines...This album has a dignif ied tranquillity, enhanced by crystal-clear sound quality." BBC Music

"Authority and intelligence are evident in song choices, sequencing and performance in this somewhat soft-spoken disc that's surely among their best." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2023

Tracks:

Schwestergruß, D 762
Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D 343
Ganymed, D 544
An die Nachtigall, D 497
An den Mond, D 193
Der Musensohn, D 764
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774
Der liebliche Stern, D 861
Die junge Nonne, D 828
Wiegenlied, D 867
Gott im Frühlinge, D 448
Du bist die Ruh, D 776
Nacht und Träume, D 827
Elysium, D 584
Die Sterne, D 939
Abschied von der Erde, D 829
An den Mond, D 259