Composer: Hildegard von Bingen, Benjamin Britten, Thomas Campion, John Dowland, Nico Muhly, Henry Purcell
Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Matthew Wadsworth
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1192
Release: 2023
Size: 918 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Muhly: You Did Not Want for Joy
02. trad.: I will give my love an apple
03. trad.: Greensleeves
04. anon.: Packington’s Pound
05. Campion: Never weather-beaten sail
06. Campion: The cypress curtain of the night
07. Campion: It fell on a summer’s day
08. Purcell: Celebrate this festival, Z321
09. Purcell: Sawney is a bonny lad, Z412
10. Purcell: Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355
11. Dowland: A Shepherd in a Shade
12. Dowland: Weepe you no more, sad fountaines
13. Britten: The Soldier and the Sailor
14. Britten: Down by the Salley Gardens
15. Britten: I Will Give my Love an Apple
16. Hildegard: O viridissima virga
You did not want for joy is Carolyn Sampson and Matthew Wadsworth’s third album together. It is a song recital programme, bookended by old and new settings of the same texts, interspersed with themes of nature, love, and the human condition. It features folk songs and broadside ballads, as well as s ongs by Dowland, Campion, Purcell and Britten. There is also a new commission by Nico Muhly – the first piece of new music to be written for Sampson and Wadsworth as a duo – a setting of the text from Hildegard von Bingen’s O viridissima virga. Equally at home on the concert and opera stages, soprano Carolyn Sampson has enjoyed notable successes in the UK as well as throughout Europe and the US. In 23/24 Carolyn will make her debut at Berlin Staatsoper as well as releasing what will be her 100th Recording as a featured solo artist. Working in the UK and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician, lutenist Matthew Wadsworth has appeared at most major concert halls and festivals, and can often be heard on radio, both in live performance and recordings. His man y CD recordings for Channel Classics, Linn Records, Deux – Elles and Wigmore Live have all received international critical acclaim, and have been featured as Gramophone Editor’s Choice on three occasions.