Album für die Frau

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ROBERT SCHUMANN / CLARA SCHUMANN
Album für die Frau
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

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Release Date: Friday 9 April 2021

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Eight scenes from a woman's life, told through songs by the Schumanns.

Carolyn Sampson has enjoyed notable successes worldwide in repertoire ranging from early baroque to the present day. On the opera stage she has appeared with English National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Scottish Opera, Opéra de Paris, Opéra de Lille, Opéra de Montpellier and Opéra National du Rhin. In concert she performs regularly at the BBC Proms and with orchestras including the Bach Collegium Japan, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra and with numerous orchestras in the USA.

Described in BBC Music Magazine as 'one of the brightest stars in the world of song and Lieder', the pianist Joseph Middleton specialises in the art of chamber music and song accompaniment. He performs and records with many of the world's finest singers in major music centres across Europe, the Americas and Far East.

Tracks:

Robert Schumann:
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42:1-8; Lied der Braut I / II, Op. 25:11-12; Die Lotosblume, Op. 25: 7; Hochländisches Wiegenlied, Op. 25:14; Lust der Sturmnacht, Op. 35:1; Verratene Liebe, Op. 40:5; Volksliedchen, Op. 51:2; Liebeslied, Op. 51:5; Der Sandmann, Op. 79:13; Requiem, Op. 90:7; Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön, Op. 127:2; Mädchen-Schwermut, Op. 142:3
(Piano solo:) Langsam und mit Ausdruck zu spielen, Op. 68:21; Glückes genug, Op. 15:5; Kind im Einschlummern, Op. 15:12; Ritter vom Steckenpferd, Op. 15:9; Winterzeit I, Op.15: 38

Clara Schumann:
Liebst du um Schönheit, Op. 12:2; Warum willst du and're fragen, Op. 12:3; Liebeszauber, Op. 13:3; Der Mond kommt still gegangen, Op. 13:4; Die stille Lotosblume, Op. 13:6; An einem lichten Morgen, Op. 23:2; O Lust, o Lust, Op. 23:6