Sampson brings a crystalline tone and keen dramatic intelligence to a cycle of songs setting the Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine, a project few other singers would even consider. The cycle draws on music from the 1900s to the 2010s.
- The selections range from music by Reynaldo Hahn, to pieces written for Sampson by younger composers like Benjamin Britten’s late composition student Alan Carruthers.
- The recording was produced by Sibtrice and engineered by the Grammy-winning Finn Lura, BIS’s long-time engineer.
- The album was recorded in All Saints' Church, Petersham, in January 2016.
British soprano Carolyn Sampson is an internationally acclaimed performer of Baroque and contemporary music. At the time of this recording, she was a leading interpreter of English song, having recently released a critically lauded collection of Britten and Tippett songs.
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