Purcell: Victorious Love Carolyn Sampson

• Henry Purcell (1659–1695):
• 1 Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585: Sweeter than roses 03:21
• 2 The fatal hour comes on apace, Z. 421 03:40
• 3 When First Amintas Sued for a Kiss, Z. 430 02:01
• 4 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: The Plaint: O let me weep 07:23
• 5 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act IV: They Tell Us That You Mighty Powers Above 03:18
• 6 The Mock Marriage, Z. 605: Man is for the Woman Made 01:24
• 7 From Silent Shades, Z. 370 04:31
• 8 Oedipus, Z. 583: Music for a While 03:56
• 9 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Now the Night is Chas'd Away 01:33
• 10 If Music be the Food of Love, Z. 379 03:36
• 11 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Epithalamium: Thrice happy lovers 02:56
• 12 Of old when heroes thought it base, Z. 333, Yorkshire Feast Song: No. 4. The Bashful Thames 02:42
• 13 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly in Vain 01:39
• 14 Oh! Fair Cedaria, hide those eyes, Z. 402 03:53
• 15 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Fairest Isle 03:20
• 16 O solitude, my sweetest choice , Z. 406 05:18
• 17 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: If Love's a Sweet Passion 03:20
• 18 Tell me, some pitying angel, Z. 196, The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation 07:14
• 19 Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z. 193, An Evening Hymn on a Ground 04:33
• Total Runtime 01:09:38

Info for Purcell: Victorious Love

“Carolyn Sampson's luminescent soprano, with its easeful enunciation, seemingly instinctive ornamentation, and total lack of self-consciousness captures the bittersweet 'affects' of 'Sweeter than Roses', relishes the shifting tones of voice in the long nocturnal, 'From silent shades', and glows against a single theorbo accompaniment in the great 'Evening Hymn'. The instrumental palette, though limited, is exquisitely tuned to Sampson's voice and to the character of each piece.” Finch, BBC Music Magazine)

“It is immediately obvious from the first few songs that this disc is truly special. Carolyn Sampson's singing is deliciously enjoyable for its sweet tuning, flawless intonation, impeccable stylishness, shapely phrasing of melodic lines and textural awareness.” (Gramophone)

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord, spinet
Elizabeth Kenny, archlute, theorbo
Anne-Marie Lasla, bass viol

Sarah Sexton, violin I
Andrea Morris, violin II
Jane Rogers, viola

Recorded January 2006 at St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London

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